US Plant Patent PP17602

Carafe Yochablis

Hibiscus plant named ‘Carafe Yochablis’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 30, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 8, 2025. This patent earned 22 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17602, the photograph of Carafe Yochablis printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17602, 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: PP17602
Filed: July 8, 2005
Granted: April 17, 2007
Expires: July 30, 2025
Assignee: YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor: SMITH MARK A

Abstract

A new and distinct Hibiscus plant named ‘Carafe Yochablis’, characterized by its upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching and vigorous growth habit; early flowering habit; large white single flowers blushed with pink towards the center and occasionally towards the margins; and excellent garden performance.

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

1. A new and distinct Hibiscus plant named ‘Carafe Yochablis’, as illustrated and described.

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