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US Plant Patent PP29970

DUP-PFD

Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-PFD’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 11, 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 PP29970, the photograph of DUP-PFD printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP29970, 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
PP29970
Filed
March 11, 2017
Granted
December 11, 2018
Expires
March 11, 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-PFD’, characterized by glossy, dark green leaves, upright growth, and a very large flower characterized by a large dark red eye which extends approximately one third of the petal length, the eye sharply margined with a light purple zone which extends to approximately four fifths of the petal length, which is diffusely margined with a papaya-colored zone which grades into a brownish-yellow zone at 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-PFD’, either grafted or on its own roots, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP29970 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.