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US Plant Patent PP32970

Mysterious

Hydrangea plant named ‘Mysterious’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 2, 2040.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 27, 2040. This patent earned 4 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP32970, the photograph of Mysterious printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP32970, 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
PP32970
Filed
February 27, 2020
Granted
April 13, 2021
Expires
March 2, 2040
Assignee
DE JONG JOS, DE JONG PLANT B V
Inventor
DE JONG JOS

Abstract

A new cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla plant named ‘Mysterious’ that is characterized by its inflorescences that are flattened globular in shape with conspicuous sterile flowers, its strong branches, its sterile flower with sepal colors that range in different conditions from red-purple (non-bluing conditions) and violet-blue (bluing conditions), and its sterile flowers with sepals that have light to medium green blotches that vary in size and frequency (from no blotches to almost completely covered).

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 ‘Mysterious’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.

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