US Plant Patent PP31940
15714-1N
Hibiscus plant named ‘15714-1N’
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
- PP31940
- Filed
- May 22, 2019
- Granted
- July 7, 2020
- Expires
- May 22, 2039
- Assignee
- TEXAS A & M UNIV SYS
- Inventor
- MALINOWSKI DARIUSZ P; PINCHAK WILLIAM E; BROWN R STEVE
Abstract
‘15714-1N’ is a new and distinct hardy herbaceous Hibiscus hybrid with novel characteristics that include upright branched stems, numerous, outward-facing, very light purplish-blue flowers, which can intensify in response to high UV radiation, and a center eye that is between dark red (RHS 59A) and deep purplish red (RHS 59B), with the outer part of the eye moderate red (RHS 185B), 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 ‘15714-1N’ as shown and described herein.
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