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US Plant Patent PP23758

BC9.2

Hydrangea plant named ‘BC9.2’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 10, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 22, 2031. This patent earned 80 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23758, the photograph of BC9.2 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23758, 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
PP23758
Filed
June 22, 2011
Granted
July 23, 2013
Expires
September 10, 2031
Assignee
BAY CITY FLOWER CO, HIGAKI HARRISON M
Inventor
HIGAKI HARRISON M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) named ‘BC9.2’ originated as a controlled cross between the unpatented variety ‘Sabrina’ (the seed parent) and the patented variety ‘Glory’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 20,705). The cultivar ‘BC9.2’ has predominately white sepals (R.H.S. 155 C (white group) with edges of R.H.S. 63 A (red-purple group). The variety ‘BC9.2’ has large attractive inflorescences, distinct sepal pigmentation and good commercial characteristics.

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 ‘BC9.2’ substantially as herein shown and described.

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