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US Plant Patent PP16155

Bahlibred

Hibiscus plant ‘Bahlibred’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 29, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 25, 2023. This patent earned 279 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16155, the photograph of Bahlibred printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16155, 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
PP16155
Filed
July 25, 2003
Granted
December 13, 2005
Expires
April 29, 2024
Inventor
LEUE ELLEN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus moscheutos plant named ‘Balhibred’, characterized by its upright and uniform plant habit, large, deep burgundy red-colored flowers, and light green-colored leaves.

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 Hibiscus moscheutos plant named ‘Balhibred’, substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16155 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.