US Plant Patent PP25567
Haop012
Hydrangea plant named ‘Haop012’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends December 6, 2033.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 11, 2033. This patent earned 86 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP25567
- Filed
- September 11, 2013
- Granted
- May 19, 2015
- Expires
- December 6, 2033
- Assignee
- OPRINS JAN, OPRINS PLANT N V
- Inventor
- OPRINS JAN
Abstract
A new cultivar of Hydrangea aspera named ‘Haop012’ that is characterized by its leaves that are chocolate brown-red on the lower surface of mature leaves, its translucent pink sterile flowers, and its purple-blue fertile flowers with purple-blue anthers.
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It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘Haop012’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.
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