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US Plant Patent PP28084

HORTMADACE

Hydrangea plant named ‘HORTMADACE’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 4, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 12, 2035. This patent earned 53 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28084, the photograph of HORTMADACE printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28084, 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
PP28084
Filed
November 12, 2015
Granted
June 6, 2017
Expires
January 4, 2036
Assignee
KOLSTER HOLDING B V, Horteve Breeding BV, HORTEVE BREEDING BV (part interest), KOLSTER HOLDING BV (part interest)
Inventor
EVELEENS CORNELIS PIETER

Abstract

A new cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla named ‘HORTMADACE’ that is characterized by its globular shaped inflorescence, its medium sized inflorescences, its sterile flowers with sepals that are very dark pink-red in color with a sturdy substance.

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 cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘HORTMADACE’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28084 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.