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US Plant Patent PP15787

Ripple

Hydrangea macrophylla plant named ‘Ripple’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 27, 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 PP15787, the photograph of Ripple printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15787, 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
PP15787
Filed
May 27, 2003
Granted
June 7, 2005
Expires
May 27, 2023
Inventor
YATABE MOTOTERU

Abstract

Ripple is a new variety of Hydrangea plant. This new variety has white flowers with red margins.

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

1. A new and distinct Hydrangea plant as shown and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15787 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.