ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. PP36,861, issued on July 22.

"Sansevieria plant named 'Hansoti58'" was invented by Ashish Hansoti (Mumbai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and distinct cultivar of Sansevieria plant named 'HANSOTI58' is disclosed, characterized by bright cream variegated foliage with broad central lighter grey-green band along the length of the leaf, veiled by a creamy overlayer and a base cream background color of the leaf between the border bands and the central band. Foliage has a prominent, dark grey-green marginal band, 2 to 15 mm wide but occasionally up to 25 mm wide distinguishes this invention from its parent 'Ghost' and adds significant...