US Plant Patent PP14216

Charleston

Hibiscus plant named ‘Charleston’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 29, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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

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The record

Patent number: PP14216
Filed: September 29, 2002
Granted: October 7, 2003
Expires: September 29, 2022
Assignee: COOEPERATIEVE VERENIGING WERKG
Inventor: BEVELANDER MARINUS JACOBUS

Abstract

A new and distinct Hibiscus plant named ‘Charleston’, characterized by its compact, upright and uniform plant habit that is appropriate for container production; freely branching habit; glossy dark green leaves; freely flowering habit; red-colored flowers; and good resistance to flower bud abscission.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Hibiscus plant named ‘Charleston’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14216 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.