US Plant Patent PP15551

Denver

Hibiscus plant named ‘Denver’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 11, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 20, 2023. This patent earned 21 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15551, the photograph of Denver printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15551, 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: PP15551
Filed: June 20, 2003
Granted: February 8, 2005
Expires: July 11, 2023
Assignee: COOEPERATIEVE VERENIGING WERKG
Inventor: BEVELANDER MARINUS JACOBUS

Abstract

A new and distinct Hibiscus plant named ‘Denver’, characterized by its compact, upright and uniform plant habit that is appropriate for container production; freely branching habit; glossy medium green-colored leaves; freely and continuous flowering habit; orange and red bi-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.

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

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