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US Plant Patent PP10928

Venice Raven

Hydrangea plant named `Venice Raven`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 8, 2017. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record

Patent number
PP10928
Filed
July 8, 1997
Granted
June 1, 1999
Expires
July 8, 2017
Inventor
RAMPP FRANZ-XAVER; RAMPP KONRAD

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea named `Venice Raven`, particularly characterized by the bright fuchsia color of the flowers, compact size, early growth, cold storable, lack of need for chemical growth regulators in the early stage of cultivation and during forcing, and extremely high resistance to Botrytis.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Hydrangea plant

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