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US Plant Patent PP28062

Little Echo

Hydrangea plant named ‘Little Echo’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 10, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 1, 2035. This patent earned 132 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28062, the photograph of Little Echo printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28062, 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
PP28062
Filed
July 1, 2015
Granted
May 30, 2017
Expires
November 10, 2035
Assignee
JOHNSON JR OZZIE W, ITSAUL HORTICULTURE INC
Inventor
JOHNSON JR OZZIE W

Abstract

A new cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla plant named, ‘Little Echo’, that is characterized by its well branched, compact plant habit, its flexible young stems that mature into strong stems that remain upright, its reblooming flowering habit, blooming on both old and new wood, its large mophead type inflorescences that are made up of a large number of individual sterile flowers, its inflorescences that are pastel pink to medium blue in color depending on soil pH, and its small seedpods that produce numerous, fine, dust-like seeds.

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 ‘Little Echo’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28062 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.