US Plant Patent PP22301
DUP-HDEF
Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-HDEF’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends March 12, 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
- PP22301
- Filed
- March 12, 2010
- Granted
- December 6, 2011
- Expires
- March 12, 2030
- Assignee
- DUPONT SR ROBERT J
- Inventor
- DUPONT SR ROBERT J
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-HDEF’, characterized by glossy, dark green leaves, semi-upright habit appropriate for container production and culture, freely flowering habit, and very large flowers having a deep red eye zone, a silver lilac body and beige edges.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
1. A new and distinct Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-HDEF’, either grafted or on its own roots, as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP22301 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.