US Plant Patent PP28085
HORTMANI
Hydrangea plant named ‘HORTMANI’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends January 1, 2036.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 12, 2035. This patent earned 50 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP28085
- Filed
- November 12, 2015
- Granted
- June 6, 2017
- Expires
- January 1, 2036
- Assignee
- KOLSTER HOLDING B V, Horteve Breeding BV
- Inventor
- EVELEENS CORNELIS PIETER
Abstract
A new cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla named ‘HORTMANI’ that is characterized by its globular shaped inflorescences, its smaller sized inflorescences, its sterile flowers with sepals that are very dark pink in color, and its floriferous 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 ‘HORTMANI’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.
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