US Plant Patent PP22528
DUP-DXLD
Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-DXLD’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends April 9, 2030.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP22528
- Filed
- April 9, 2010
- Granted
- February 28, 2012
- Expires
- April 9, 2030
- Assignee
- DUPONT SR ROBERT J
- Inventor
- DUPONT SR ROBERT J
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-DXLD’, characterized by glossy, dark green leaves, prostrate growth, and large flowers having a medium sized dark red eye which extends about 25 percent of petal length to the edge of a variable pink zone which grades evenly from a medium pink at the overlapping edge to a light pink at the underlapping edge, with a petal margin of light orange.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A new and distinct hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-DXLD’, as illustrated and described.
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