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US Plant Patent PP30297

DUP-FLC

Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-FLC’

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 PP30297, the photograph of DUP-FLC printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP30297, 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
PP30297
Filed
May 4, 2017
Granted
March 19, 2019
Expires
May 4, 2037
Inventor
DUPONT SR ROBERT JAMES

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-FLC’, characterized by glossy, dark green leaves, upright growth, and a very large flower characterized by a dilute medium red eye zone which extends approximately one third of the petal length, the eye grading into an unpigmented zone through which dilute red rays extend, grading into a light brown zone which grades into a cantaloupe orange zone, which may be flecked with yellow, which grades into a yellow zone at the petal margin which is curled slightly upward.

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

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP30297 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.