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US Plant Patent PP23748

Tinkerbell

Hydrangea plant named ‘Tinkerbell’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 29, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 26, 2032. This patent earned 34 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23748, the photograph of Tinkerbell printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23748, 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
PP23748
Filed
January 26, 2012
Granted
July 16, 2013
Expires
February 29, 2032
Assignee
ICHIE TOYOKAZU
Inventor
ICHIE TOYOKAZU

Abstract

A new cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla named ‘Tinkerbell’, that is characterized by its remontant (re-blooming) habit, blooming from May until frost, its lacecap type inflorescences with double sterile flowers surrounding a mass of fertile flowers, its flowers that are pink in color when grown with a soil PH of 7 or above, and its sterile flowers with sepals that have white margins.

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 ‘Tinkerbell’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23748 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.