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US Plant Patent PP24787

DUP-210

Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-210’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 2, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 14, 2032. This patent earned 49 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24787, the photograph of DUP-210 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24787, 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
PP24787
Filed
August 14, 2012
Granted
August 19, 2014
Expires
October 2, 2032
Inventor
DUPONT SR ROBERT J

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-210’, characterized by glossy, dark green leaves; very upright habit appropriate for container production and culture; freely flowering habit; and large flowers having a glossy, russet red eye, sharply rimmed with a narrow pale lilac zone which indistinctly borders a rose pink body zone, at about one third the radial distance from the flower center to the petal edge. The rose pink zone extends nearly to the petal edge, where it fades to a blush pink border. The stamens are bright orange.

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 ‘DUP-210’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24787 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.