Patents by Inventor Chris Wilhoite

Chris Wilhoite has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: PP33468
    Abstract: A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Sister Act’ of low spreading mound of dense variegated foliage with wide green margins, chartreuse centers and jutting sections of the margins shooting into the center and from the center shooting into the margins. The flowers are near white, with greenish bracts below, on scapes just above the foliage. ‘Sister Act’ is useful in the landscape as a specimen or en masse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Inventors: Chris Wilhoite, Cynthia Miller
  • Patent number: PP34984
    Abstract: A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Twin Cities’ of large, upright spreading mound of dense, bullate, glaucous, ovate to round, variegated foliage with wide chartreuse margins, blue-green centers with a melding color zone between the center and the margins. The flowers are near light lavender, densely arranged in mostly upright scapes beginning to open just above the foliage in late June. ‘Twin Cities’ is useful in the landscape as a specimen or en masse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventors: Chris Wilhoite, Cynthia Miller