US Plant Patent PP12982

Vaughn's Lillie

Hydrangea plant named ‘Vaughn's Lillie’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 3, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 25, 2021. This patent earned 39 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12982, the photograph of Vaughn's Lillie printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12982, 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: PP12982
Filed: April 25, 2001
Granted: September 17, 2002
Expires: June 3, 2021
Assignee: BILLINGSLEY WHOLESALE NURSERY
Inventor: BILLINGSLEY WILLIAM VAUGHN; BILLINGSLEY LILLIE

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘Vaughn's Lillie’, characterized by its growth habit; short internodes; large conical to rounded inflorescences; showy white-colored sepals; and long flowering period.

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 ‘Vaughn's Lillie’, as illustrated and described.

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