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US Plant Patent PP21668

Merritt White

Hydrangea plant named ‘Merritt White’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 30, 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 PP21668, the photograph of Merritt White printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21668, 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
PP21668
Filed
January 30, 2009
Granted
January 25, 2011
Expires
January 30, 2029
Assignee
BAY CITY FLOWER CO
Inventor
HIGAKI HARRISON MASAMI

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) named ‘Merritt White’ was found in a field of the patented cultivar ‘Ravel’—U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,152. The cultivar ‘Merritt White’ has white sepals at maturity and is distinguished from other similar cultivars of which the inventor is aware by the unique manner in which the inflorescence ages. As the mature sepals age and turn green they are highly resistant to burning and turning brown. The new variety ‘Merritt White’ further possesses the favorable characteristics of a compact growth habit and long lasting large inflorescences.

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

1. A new and distinct Hydrangea macrophylla plant named ‘Merritt White’ substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP21668 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.