US Plant Patent PP27716
HORTMAFLAM
Hydrangea plant named ‘HORTMAFLAM’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends October 9, 2035.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 28, 2035. This patent earned 11 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP27716
- Filed
- September 28, 2015
- Granted
- February 28, 2017
- Expires
- October 9, 2035
- Assignee
- KOLSTER HOLDING B V, Horteve Breeding BV
- Inventor
- EVELEENS CORNELIS PIETER
Abstract
A new cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla plant named, ‘HORTMAFLAM’, that is characterized by its inflorescences with sterile florets with sepals that are white in color with dark pink margins (picotee) that retain their picotee color until the antique/autumn phase, and its floriferous blooming habit.
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 ‘HORTMAFLAM’ as herein illustrated and described.
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