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US Plant Patent PP32939

Life on Mars

x Mangave plant named ‘Life on Mars’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 23, 2040.

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 PP32939, the photograph of Life on Mars printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP32939, 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
PP32939
Filed
March 23, 2020
Granted
March 30, 2021
Expires
March 23, 2040
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and unique x Mangave plant named ‘Life on Mars’ characterized by a medium, rounded mound of fleshy, linear to lanceolate leaves that are slightly arching margins and develop glaucous, blue-green with lighter greenish-white to creamy yellow margins and developing bright reddish-purple splotches of variable sizes with high ultraviolet light. The leaves have numerous small, semi-flexible marginal teeth. The new plant is suitable for the garden or as a potted plant in the garden or home.

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 ornamental x Mangave plant named ‘Life on Mars’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP32939 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.