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US Plant Patent PP13606

Barbara

Hydrangea plant named ‘Barbara’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 31, 2021. 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 PP13606, the photograph of Barbara printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13606, 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
PP13606
Filed
December 31, 2001
Granted
February 25, 2003
Expires
December 31, 2021
Inventor
DEBELDER JELENA

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘Barbara’, characterized by its upright and outwardly arching plant habit; large lacy flower panicles; and panicles with large white sepals on sterile flowers with numerous small fertile flowers.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘Barbara’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13606 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.