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US Plant Patent PP29456

Wrinkle in Time

Hosta plant named ‘Wrinkle in Time’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 20, 2036.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP29456, the photograph of Wrinkle in Time printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP29456, 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
PP29456
Filed
December 20, 2016
Granted
July 3, 2018
Expires
December 20, 2036
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Wrinkle in Time’ with compact rounded-mound habit of dense foliage having blades of wide variegated creamy-yellow developing to creaming-white margins, and dark center with minor intermediate feathering colors. The plant in early summer with compact scapes of closely held horizontal lavender flowers. Foliage has a longitudinal pinching or indentation, tortuous especially when young.

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 ‘Wrinkle in Time’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP29456 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.