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US Plant Patent PP15624

Shikoku Flash

Hydrangea paniculata plant named ‘Shikoku Flash’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 12, 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 PP15624, the photograph of Shikoku Flash printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15624, 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
PP15624
Filed
December 12, 2000
Granted
March 8, 2005
Expires
December 12, 2020
Assignee
HINES NURSERIES INC
Inventor
YOKOI MASATO

Abstract

A new plant variety of Hydrangea paniculata named ‘Shikoku Flash’ having clear white mottled foliage growth throughout the growing season.

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

1. A new variety of Hydrangea paniculata plant, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15624 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.