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US Plant Patent PP13845

Kasai

Hydrangea anomala subspecies petiolaris plant named ‘Kasai’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 18, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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 PP13845, the photograph of Kasai printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13845, 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
PP13845
Filed
July 18, 2000
Granted
May 27, 2003
Expires
July 18, 2020
Assignee
HINES NURSERIES INC
Inventor
KASAI SEIICHI

Abstract

A new plant variety of Hydrangea anomala subspecies petiolaris named ‘KASAI’ which is characterized by its White variegated foliage. New foliage of ‘KASAI’ emerges predominantly White with a small amount of Green stippling apparent; as the foliage matures, foliage becomes predominantly Green in color, with some White mottling apparent and White margins; mature foliage is almost entirely Green in color though retaining White variegated margins and occasional White stippling.

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

I claim: 1. A new variety of Hydrangea anomala subspecies petiolaris plant, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13845 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.