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US Plant Patent PP20998

Kompeito

Hydrangea plant named ‘Kompeito’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 28, 2029.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20998, the photograph of Kompeito printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20998, 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
PP20998
Filed
March 28, 2009
Granted
May 18, 2010
Expires
March 28, 2029
Assignee
ICHIE TOYOKAZU
Inventor
ICHIE TOYOKAZU

Abstract

A new cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla named ‘Kompeito’ that is characterized by its re-blooming habit with inflorescences produced from early summer until fall with removal of spent blooms, its consistently well formed, large sized, lacecap type inflorescences with a mass of fertile flowers surrounded by large double flowers on long petioles and smaller double flowers with sepals having white margins and centers that are blue to pink in color depending on soil acidity and aluminum uptake, its compact growth habit, and its hardiness at least in U.S.D.A. Zones 5 to 9.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘Kompeito’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20998 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.