US Plant Patent PP21008

Bombshell

Hydrangea plant named ‘Bombshell’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 25, 2029.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP21008
Filed: March 25, 2009
Granted: May 25, 2010
Expires: March 25, 2029
Assignee: SCHOEMAKER ALEX FREDERIK
Inventor: SCHOEMAKER ALEX FREDERIK

Abstract

A new cultivar of Hydrangea paniculata named ‘Bombshell’ that is characterized by its panicles that are nearly rounded in shape, its abundance of sterile flowers with sepals that are elliptic in shape and emerge white with a pink eye and changing to rosy pink as they mature, its free blooming habit from mid summer to fall, and its compact growth habit.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘Bombshell’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.

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