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US Plant Patent PP22551

DUP-BLDS

Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-BLDS’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 6, 2030.

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

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP22551, the photograph of DUP-BLDS printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP22551, 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
PP22551
Filed
April 6, 2010
Granted
March 6, 2012
Expires
April 6, 2030
Assignee
DUPONT SR ROBERT J
Inventor
DUPONT SR ROBERT J

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-BLDS’, characterized by glossy, dark green leaves, semi-upright habit appropriate for container production and culture, freely flowering habit, and flowers characterized by a large glossy red eye, radiating out between the petal veins part way through a region which is pink on the overlapping edge of the petal and which shades to apricot on the underlapping edge. The pale veins continue through the region, extending to the yellow margin of the bloom.

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-BLDS’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP22551 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.