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US Plant Patent PP30103

DUP-EOD

Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-EOD’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 4, 2037.

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 PP30103, the photograph of DUP-EOD printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP30103, 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
PP30103
Filed
May 4, 2017
Granted
January 15, 2019
Expires
May 4, 2037
Inventor
DUPONT SR ROBERT JAMES

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-EOD’, characterized by glossy, dark green leaves, upright growth, and a large flower characterized by a large glossy blackish red eye which extends approximately one third of the petal length, the eye grading into a velvety black cherry red body, the flower having a snowy white reverse which gives the outermost edge of the petals the appearance of a marginal pinstripe when viewed from the front of the flower.

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-EOD’, either grafted or on its own roots, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP30103 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.