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US Plant Patent PP22525

DUP-GLDN

Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-GLDN’

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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP22525, the photograph of DUP-GLDN printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP22525, 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
PP22525
Filed
April 9, 2010
Granted
February 28, 2012
Expires
April 9, 2030
Inventor
DUPONT SR ROBERT J

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-GLDN’, characterized by glossy, dark green leaves, upright growth, and large flowers having a small brown-orange eye edged in a narrow band of tan which is narrowly margined in the same color as the eye. The remainder of the petal is tan with light brown-orange suffusion. Upon opening, the entire flower is suffused in bright brown-orange.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

The invention claimed is: 1. A new and distinct hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-GLDN’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP22525 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.