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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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP36432, the photograph of Lou 1 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP36432, 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
PP36432
Filed
February 20, 2024
Granted
February 11, 2025
Expires
February 20, 2044
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.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP36432 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.