US Plant Patent PP15395

Little Lamb

Hydrangea plant named ‘Little Lamb’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 5, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 25, 2022. This patent earned 100 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15395, the photograph of Little Lamb printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15395, 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: PP15395
Filed: November 25, 2002
Granted: December 7, 2004
Expires: March 5, 2023
Assignee: SPRING MEADOW NURSERY INC
Inventor: DEBELDER JELENA

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘Little Lamb’, characterized by its upright and outwardly arching plant habit; inflorescences held upright and outward on strong stems; compact, dense and conical-shaped inflorescences; and numerous flowers per inflorescence.

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 Lamb’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15395 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.