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US Plant Patent PP29896

Ballet Slippers

Hibiscus plant named ‘Ballet Slippers’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 28, 2037.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 21, 2036. This patent earned 68 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP29896, the photograph of Ballet Slippers printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP29896, 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
PP29896
Filed
November 21, 2016
Granted
November 27, 2018
Expires
January 28, 2037
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of winter-hardy, herbaceous, perennial, hybrid Hibiscus plant named ‘Ballet Slippers’ comprising a compact habit of multiple, well-branched, basal stems over a prolonged season having a white middle portion, a shiny deep-red eye, blushed with pink along the petal tips and leading edges. Flower shape is slightly cupped with the leading petal edge slightly ruffled and not lying flat on the petal underneath. The foliage is three-lobed, deeply dissected, and dark green colored.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new cultivar of hardy herbaceous perennial Hibiscus hybrid plant named ‘Ballet Slippers’ as herein illustrated and described.

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