US Plant Patent PP16653

RIE 04

Hydrangea plant named ‘RIE 04’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 9, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 12, 2024. This patent earned 117 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16653
Filed: November 12, 2004
Granted: June 13, 2006
Expires: March 9, 2025
Assignee: IRIE RYOJI
Inventor: IRIE RYOJI

Abstract

A new cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘RIE 04’ that is characterized by broad upright habit, large medium-green leaves, flowers that are yellow-green to dark pink in color, and unique inflorescence development. In combination these traits set ‘RIE 04’ apart from all other existing varieties of Hydrangea known to the inventor.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘RIE 04’ as described and illustrated herein.

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