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US Plant Patent PP26004

BC7.3

Hydrangea plant named ‘BC7.3’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 25, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 25, 2033. This patent earned 61 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26004, the photograph of BC7.3 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26004, 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
PP26004
Filed
March 25, 2013
Granted
October 20, 2015
Expires
May 25, 2033
Assignee
BAY CITY FLOWER CO, HIGAKI HARRISON M
Inventor
HIGAKI HARRISON M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) named ‘BC7.3’ originated as a controlled cross between varieties. The cultivar ‘BC7.3’ can be blue or red depending on the acidity of the soil and the presence of aluminum. The variety ‘BC7.3’ has relatively compact, attractive inflorescences with relatively small sepalous florets, distinct sepal pigmentation and good commercial characteristics. When grown in the presence of aluminum, the upperside of the sepals is primarily R.H.S. 94 A (violet-blue group) and 86 B (violet group), the underside of the sepals is R.H.S. 93 D (violet-blue group) and 86 C violet group).

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct Hydrangea macrophylla plant named ‘BC7.3’ substantially as herein shown and described.

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