US Plant Patent PP16613

RIE 09

Hydrangea plant named ‘RIE 09’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 3, 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 111 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16613
Filed: November 12, 2004
Granted: June 6, 2006
Expires: March 3, 2025
Assignee: IRIE RYOJI
Inventor: IRIE RYOJI

Abstract

A new cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘RIE 09’ that is characterized by broad upright habit, large dark grey-green leaves, flowers that range in color from yellow-green to light and dark pink, and unique inflorescence development. In combination these traits set ‘RIE 09’ 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 09’ as described and illustrated herein.

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