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US Plant Patent PP26407

BCHY-11.033

Hydrangea plant named ‘BCHY-11.033’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 5, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 6, 2034. This patent earned 60 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26407, the photograph of BCHY-11.033 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26407, 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
PP26407
Filed
June 6, 2014
Granted
February 9, 2016
Expires
August 5, 2034
Assignee
BAY CITY FLOWER CO, HIGAKI HARRISON M
Inventor
HIGAKI HARRISON M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) named ‘BCHY-11.033’ originated as a controlled cross between varieties. The variety ‘BCHY-11.033’ has attractive inflorescences with relatively large sepalous florets, attractive, nonuniform sepal pigmentation and good commercial characteristics. Many non-sepalous florets in the center of the inforescence make the new variety look similar to a lace-cap variety.

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 ‘BCHY-11.033’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.

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