US Plant Patent PP15968

Claudie

Hydrangea plant named ‘Claudie’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 7, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 1, 2024. This patent earned 68 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP15968
Filed: July 1, 2004
Granted: September 20, 2005
Expires: September 7, 2024
Assignee: SPRING MEADOW NURSERY INC
Inventor: MALLET CORRINE

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘Claudie’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; glossy foliage; inflorescences held upright and outward on strong stems; lacecap-type inflorescences; and numerous fertile flowers per inflorescence and large showy sepals on the sterile flowers.

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 ‘Claudie’, as illustrated and described.

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