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US Plant Patent PP22527

DUP-MNDC

Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-MNDC’

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 PP22527, the photograph of DUP-MNDC printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP22527, 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
PP22527
Filed
April 12, 2010
Granted
February 28, 2012
Expires
April 12, 2030
Inventor
DUPONT SR ROBERT J

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-MNDC’, characterized by glossy, dark green leaves, sturdy, upright habit appropriate for container production and culture, freely flowering habit, and flowers characterized by white pistil and style, to which are attached the primary whorl of petals as well as small petaloids, petals and petaloids devoid of color for 30 percent of their length, with the remainder a pastel yellow, with marginal suffusions of yellow orange.

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-MNDC’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP22527 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.