US Plant Patent PP22534

DUP-MMS

Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-MMS’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP22534, the photograph of DUP-MMS printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP22534, 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: PP22534
Filed: April 12, 2010
Granted: February 28, 2012
Expires: April 12, 2030
Assignee: DUPONT SR ROBERT J
Inventor: DUPONT SR ROBERT J

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-MMS’, characterized by glossy, dark green leaves, extensively upright, sturdy growth, and large flowers having a dark red eye which radiates between the petal veins to approximately 30 percent of the petal length, into a rich pink zone traversed by the petal veins in a medium pink, the rich pink zone shading to blush pink at the petal margin.

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-MMS’, as illustrated and described.

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