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US Plant Patent PP27556

Creme Brulee

Hibiscus plant named ‘Creme Brulee’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 1, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 23, 2034. This patent earned 131 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27556, the photograph of Creme Brulee printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27556, 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
PP27556
Filed
July 23, 2014
Granted
January 17, 2017
Expires
December 1, 2034
Assignee
ZWETZIG GRETCHEN
Inventor
ZWETZIG GRETCHEN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of winter hardy Hibiscus plant named ‘Crème Brulee’ is the result of a unique hybridization. This new and distinct cultivar is characterized primarily as to its novelty by its extreme cold hardiness to Zone 4, medium thick-textured, luminescent butter yellow flowers and its “Maple-shaped” foliage with a dark-purple coloration, compactness of approximately 2½-3 feet, its vigorous and uniform breaking habit and its floriferous nature from midsummer until frost.

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 cultivar of hardy Hibiscus plant, as herein shown and described, characterized by its compact nature, refined “maple-shaped” foliage of an extremely dark purple coloration, its large Light yellow flowers, its vigor and its hardiness.

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