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US Plant Patent PP36199

DUP-BPP

Hibiscus plant called ‘DUP-BPP’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 16, 2043.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 8, 2041. This patent earned 738 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP36199, the photograph of DUP-BPP printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP36199, 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
PP36199
Filed
July 8, 2021
Granted
October 15, 2024
Expires
July 16, 2043
Inventor
DUPONT JEFFREY THOMAS

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-BPP’, characterized by glossy, dark green leaves, a large, medium-textured flower characterized by a medium-sized, semi-glossy currant red eye which extends approximately one third of petal length, the eye grading into a yellow-toned red zone which extends to the petal edge. Veins are prominent, pinkish-white, radiating out of the eye to two thirds the petal length.

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 Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-BPP’, either grafted or on its own roots, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP36199 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.