US Plant Patent PP32001
15173 GR
Hibiscus plant named ‘15173 GR’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends May 22, 2039.
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
- PP32001
- Filed
- May 22, 2019
- Granted
- July 21, 2020
- Expires
- May 22, 2039
- Assignee
- TEXAS A & M UNIV SYS
- Inventor
- MALINOWSKI DARIUSZ P; PINCHAK WILLIAM E; BROWN R STEVE
Abstract
‘15173 GR’ is a new and distinct hardy herbaceous Hibiscus hybrid with novel characteristics that include upright branched stems, numerous, outward-facing, flowers that exhibit a background that is between moderate yellowish pink and strong pink in the mid and upper part, and between vivid reddish orange and deep yellowish pink from the middle part down to the edge of the center eye, a strong red center eye, a prolonged blooming season, and hastate, trilobed leaves.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct Hibiscus hybrid (L.) plant named ‘15173 GR’ as shown and described herein.
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