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US Plant Patent PP26005

WIMS RED

Hydrangea plant named ‘WIMS RED’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 10, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 11, 2033. This patent earned 183 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26005, the photograph of WIMS RED printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26005, 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
PP26005
Filed
July 11, 2013
Granted
October 20, 2015
Expires
January 10, 2034
Assignee
OPRINS JAN
Inventor
RUTTEN WIM A M

Abstract

A new cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla named ‘WIMS RED’ that is characterized by its inflorescences that emerge white in color and change to pink and finally turning red in early fall, its long panicles that are broadly conical in shape, its strong stems that are red-brown in color, its blooming period from summer to early autumn in The Netherlands, and its heat and shade tolerance.

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 ‘WIMS RED’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26005 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.