US Plant Patent PP36432
Lou 1
Musa plant named ‘Lou 1’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends February 20, 2044.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP36432
- Filed
- February 20, 2024
- Granted
- February 11, 2025
- Expires
- February 20, 2044
- Assignee
- CHAUVET BRUNO
- Inventor
- CHAUVET BRUNO
Abstract
A new cultivar of Musa plant named ‘Lou 1’ that is characterized by its leaves with olive green and maroon-red leaves stripes on both leaf surfaces that is retained until late summer, its good growth as both an indoor and outdoor plant, its good cold hardiness; at least in U.S.D.A. Zones 6 to 11, its high wind tolerance, and its late spring emergence in cold climates followed by a vigorous growth habit.
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 cultivar of Musa plant named ‘Lou 1’ as herein illustrated and described.
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