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US Plant Patent PP20140

Dancing Angel

Hydrangea plant named ‘Dancing Angel’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 3, 2028.

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 PP20140, the photograph of Dancing Angel printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20140, 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
PP20140
Filed
April 3, 2008
Granted
June 30, 2009
Expires
April 3, 2028
Inventor
SHIOBARA SHIGEO

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘Dancing Angel’, characterized by its upright and mounded plant habit; strong roots and stems; strong and dark green-colored leaves that are dark yellow and purple-variegated in the autumn; and large mophead-type inflorescences with pink and red purple bi-colored flowers.

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

1. A new and distinct Hydrangea plant named ‘Dancing Angel’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20140 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.