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US Plant Patent PP12701

Yellowleaf

Hydrangea macrophylla named ‘Yellowleaf’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 24, 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 PP12701, the photograph of Yellowleaf printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12701, 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
PP12701
Filed
January 24, 2000
Granted
June 11, 2002
Expires
January 24, 2020
Assignee
HINES HORTICULTURE INC
Inventor
YAMAMOTO TAKEOMI

Abstract

A new plant variety of Hydrangea macrophylla characterized by its foliage color, which is bright golden yellow to chartreuse.

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

I claim: 1. A new plant variety of Hydrangea macrophylla of the variety

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12701 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.