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US Plant Patent PP21666

Carina

Hydrangea plant named ‘Carina’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 17, 2029.

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 PP21666, the photograph of Carina printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21666, 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
PP21666
Filed
March 17, 2009
Granted
January 25, 2011
Expires
March 17, 2029
Assignee
BAY CITY FLOWER CO
Inventor
HIGAKI HARRISON M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) named ‘Carina’ originated as a found plant in a cultivated area of ‘Orion’. The cultivar ‘Carina’ has a R.H.S. 68 A (red-purple group) bi-color pigmentation pattern on its sepals at maturity, with the pigmentation giving way to non-pigmented margins and is distinguished from other similar cultivars of which the inventor is aware by its stable sepal color pattern, its sturdy growth habit, and small leaves. ‘Carina’ has large showy inflorescences, having both sepalous and non-sepalous florets, with the sepalous florets hiding the non-sepalous florets.

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

1. A new and distinct Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.)plant named ‘Carina’ substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP21666 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.