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US Plant Patent PP12887

Cool Wind

Hibiscus plant named ‘Cool Wind’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 27, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 25, 2021. This patent earned 32 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 2 of US plant patent PP12887, the photograph of Cool Wind printed in the patent.
Figure 2 from US Plant Patent PP12887, 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
PP12887
Filed
June 25, 2001
Granted
August 27, 2002
Expires
July 27, 2021
Assignee
YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor
BERGMAN WENDY R

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘Cool Wind’, characterized by its compact, upright, outwardly spreading, uniform, dense and symmetrical plant habit that is appropriate for container production; glossy dark green leaves; uniform and freely flowering habit; large white-colored flowers with pink-colored throat and short peduncles; good resistance to flower bud abscission; and relative resistance to pathogens common to Hibiscus grown under Florida production conditions.

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 ‘Cool Wind’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12887 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.