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US Plant Patent PP21161

Fanfare

Hydrangea plant named ‘Fanfare’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 14, 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 PP21161, the photograph of Fanfare printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21161, 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
PP21161
Filed
April 14, 2009
Granted
July 13, 2010
Expires
April 14, 2029
Assignee
ICHIE TOYOKAZU
Inventor
ICHIE TOYOKAZU

Abstract

A new cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla named ‘Fanfare’ that is characterized by its ability to re-bloom on new growth after deadheading, its consistently formed rounded, hortensia type inflorescences with sepals that are round to broadly elliptic in shape and blue in color with white to pale pink margins when grown under acidic soil conditions and pink in color with white margins when grown under alkaline soil conditions, its compact growth habit with strong stems that enable pot culture without the need for staking, its dark green glossy foliage and its hardiness at least in U.S.D.A. Zones 5 to 9.

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 ‘Fanfare’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP21161 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.