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US Plant Patent PP33439

Kristen

Tricyrtis plant named ‘Kristen’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 23, 2041.

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 PP33439, the photograph of Kristen printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP33439, 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
PP33439
Filed
February 23, 2021
Granted
August 31, 2021
Expires
February 23, 2041
Inventor
CHANEY CHRISTOPHER

Abstract

A new cultivar of Tricyrtis plant named ‘KRISTEN’ that is distinguishable by spreading plant habit and spring and early summer foliage which is mid-dark green in color and bears bright golden-yellow variegation which is present on approximately 50% of the leaf surface area; by mid-summer, the golden variegation in the foliage of ‘KRISTEN’ becomes white in color and occupies approximately 20% of the leaf surface area; and the flowers of ‘KRISTEN’ consist of a star-shaped arrangement of six lavender-pink alternately narrow and wide tepals with yellow bases which together form a yellow throat to each flower, is disclosed.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Tricyrtis plant named ‘KRISTEN’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP33439 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.