US Plant Patent PP36558
HP221904
Hydrangea plant named ‘HP221904’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends December 6, 2043.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 31, 2043. This patent earned 189 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP36558
- Filed
- May 31, 2023
- Granted
- March 18, 2025
- Expires
- December 6, 2043
- Assignee
- HYDRANGEA BREEDERS ASS B V
- Inventor
- ARTS NIELS
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘HP221904’, characterized by its relatively compact, upright to somewhat outwardly spreading and rounded to conical plant habit; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; freely branching habit with strong, thick and sturdy stems; freely and uniformly flowering habit; large rounded conical inflorescences with numerous light yellow green-colored sterile flowers that become purplish red in the autumn; and good garden performance.
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 Hydrangea plant named ‘HP221904’ as herein illustrated and described.
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