US Plant Patent PP15744

Mini Penny

Hydrangea macrophylla plant named ‘Mini Penny’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 17, 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 PP15744, the photograph of Mini Penny printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15744, 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: PP15744
Filed: December 17, 2003
Granted: May 3, 2005
Expires: December 17, 2023
Assignee: UNIV GEORGIA RES FOUND
Inventor: DIRR MICHAEL A

Abstract

Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Mini Penny’ is a mophead with compact, mounded habit, leathery, lustrous dark green, mildew resistant leaves, which reblooms on new growth without the need for cool temperatures and short days.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Hydrangea macrophylla plant, substantially as herein described and illustrated.

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