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US Plant Patent PP22466

DUP-LMF

Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-LMF’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 19, 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 PP22466, the photograph of DUP-LMF printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP22466, 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
PP22466
Filed
March 19, 2010
Granted
January 24, 2012
Expires
March 19, 2030
Inventor
DUPONT SR ROBERT J

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-LMF’, characterized by glossy, dark green leaves, semi-upright habit appropriate for container production and culture, freely flowering habit, and a large, glossy red eye which radiates between the petal veins into a narrow region of white. The remaining two thirds of the petal is a deep orange.

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-LMF’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP22466 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.