US Plant Patent PP12874

Limelight

Hydrangea plant named ‘Limelight’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 2, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 23, 2021. This patent earned 38 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP12874
Filed: February 23, 2001
Granted: August 20, 2002
Expires: April 2, 2021
Assignee: SPRING MEADOW NURSERY INC
Inventor: ZWIJNENBURG JR PIETER

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘Limelight’, characterized by its upright flower panicles on strong peduncles with numerous flowers per panicle; unique light green-colored sepals; large calyces; and relatively early flowering.

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 ‘Limelight’, as illustrated and described.

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