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US Plant Patent PP24165

Hip Hop

Astilbe plant named ‘Hip Hop’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 10, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 25, 2032. This patent earned 77 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24165, the photograph of Hip Hop printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24165, 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
PP24165
Filed
May 25, 2012
Granted
January 14, 2014
Expires
August 10, 2032
Assignee
VERDUIN HENRICUS GIJSBERTUS JOHANNES
Inventor
VERDUIN HENRICUS GIJSBERTUS JOHANNES

Abstract

A new cultivar of Astilbe named ‘Hip Hop’ that is characterized by its densely branched foliage, its flowers with white-pink petals and sepals with dark red-purple pistil styles, its upright flower spikes, its growth habit that will produce a strong, well-developed plants with healthy foliage in one growing season, and its tolerance to heat, dry soils, and sunlight than is typical of many cultivars of Astilbe.

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 Astilbe plant named ‘Hip Hop’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24165 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.