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US Plant Patent PP27988

DICUR

Hydrangea plant named ‘DICUR’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 18, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 15, 2035. This patent earned 3 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27988, the photograph of DICUR printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27988, 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
PP27988
Filed
September 15, 2015
Granted
May 9, 2017
Expires
September 18, 2035
Inventor
VAN DIJK ROY ROBIN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘DICUR’, characterized by its upright to outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; strong and sturdy stems; mophead-type inflorescences with numerous white-colored sterile flowers with incurved sepals giving a curly appearance to the flowers; and good postproduction longevity.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Hydrangea plant named ‘DICUR’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27988 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.