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US Plant Patent PP15222

Sweet Chris

Hydrangea hybrid plant named ‘Sweet Chris’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 3, 2023. 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 PP15222, the photograph of Sweet Chris printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15222, 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
PP15222
Filed
February 3, 2003
Granted
October 12, 2004
Expires
February 3, 2023
Assignee
HINES NURSERIES INC
Inventor
GRAY JOSEPH

Abstract

A new plant variety of Hydrangea hybrid characterized by dark green foliage, burgundy fall foliage, lacecap flower color and burgundy stem color.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Hydrangea plant substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15222 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.