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US Plant Patent PP31122

DUP-KLK

Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-KLK’

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 PP31122, the photograph of DUP-KLK printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP31122, 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
PP31122
Filed
May 4, 2017
Granted
November 26, 2019
Expires
May 4, 2037
Assignee
DUPONT SR ROBERT JAMES, DUPONT NURSERY INC
Inventor
DUPONT SR ROBERT JAMES

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-KLK’, characterized by glossy, dark green leaves, upright growth, and a very large flower characterized by a large dark burnt orange eye which extends approximately one third of the petal length, the eye sharply margined against an amber zone having an outer margin of bright orange extending to approximately half of the petal length, the outer margin bleeding into a zone of bright straw yellow which extends to the petal edge.

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

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP31122 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.