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US Plant Patent PP22531

DUP-EOK

Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-EOK’

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 PP22531, the photograph of DUP-EOK printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP22531, 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
PP22531
Filed
April 6, 2010
Granted
February 28, 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-EOK’, characterized by glossy, dark green leaves, upright habit appropriate for container production and culture, freely flowering habit, and large, double flowers having a complex eye zone with a medium-sized semi-glossy dark red center which radiates into a narrow band of violet, which radiates through a narrow band of brown orange into orange-suffused gold petals. The orange suffusion does not reach the margins of the gold petals.

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-EOK’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP22531 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.