US Plant Patent PP24965

CARPA

Hibiscus plant named ‘CARPA’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 11, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 24, 2032. This patent earned 140 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP24965
Filed: July 24, 2012
Granted: October 14, 2014
Expires: December 11, 2032
Assignee: VAN DER KROFT PAUL
Inventor: VAN DER KROFT PAUL

Abstract

A new cultivar of Hibiscus named ‘CARPA’ that is characterized by upright habit, strongly conspicuous leaf variegation and double flowers of the violet color group that are sterile and open completely. In combination these traits set ‘CARPA’ apart from all other existing varieties of Hibiscus known to the inventor.

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

The invention claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Hibiscus plant named ‘CARPA’ as described and illustrated herein.

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