US Plant Patent PP27087
DUP-CYP
Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-CYP’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends July 18, 2034.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 5, 2034. This patent earned 74 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP27087
- Filed
- May 5, 2014
- Granted
- August 23, 2016
- Expires
- July 18, 2034
- Assignee
- DUPONT NURSERY INC
- Inventor
- DUPONT SR ROBERT J
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-CYP’ characterized by glossy, dark green leaves, very upright habit appropriate for container production and culture, freely flowering habit and a large to very large double flower having a dark red eye zone which is margined against a scarlet body which is margined with bright yellow. The edge of each petal is ruffled, and the petals shallowly overlap.
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-CYP’, as illustrated and described.
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