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US Plant Patent PP33498

Blackberry Merlot

Hibiscus plant named ‘Blackberry Merlot’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 16, 2041.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP33498, the photograph of Blackberry Merlot printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP33498, 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
PP33498
Filed
April 16, 2021
Granted
September 21, 2021
Expires
April 16, 2041
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 ‘Blackberry Merlot’ comprising a compact, upright, mounded habit of multiple, well-branched, basal stems producing flowers beginning in late July for at least eight weeks. Flowers have overlapping, moderately-rippled petals of deep velvety red with dark reddish shiny eye, with the leading margin occasionally folded underneath giving flowers extra strength and resistance to wind damage. The flower buds are dark, purplish gray. The foliage is primarily three-lobed, and rich olive-green with mahogany coloration when young.

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 ‘Blackberry Merlot’ as herein illustrated and described.

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