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US Plant Patent PP30303

Waterslide

Hosta plant named ‘Waterslide’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 23, 2037.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 7, 2037. This patent earned 77 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP30303, the photograph of Waterslide printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP30303, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP30303
Filed
April 7, 2017
Granted
March 19, 2019
Expires
June 23, 2037
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Waterslide’ with compact rounded-mound habit of dense bluish-colored, lanceolate foliage having wavy margins, narrowly acute apex and cordate base and are longitudinally folded upward at the midrib. The bluish coloring, coming from thick glaucous covering remains through the flowering season until the end of summer. The plant has lavender flowers densely arranged on bluish-colored stapes just above the foliage.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct ornamental plant cultivar named Hosta ‘Waterslide’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP30303 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.