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US Plant Patent PP29305

DUP-RDBD

Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-RDBD’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 2, 2036.

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 PP29305, the photograph of DUP-RDBD printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP29305, 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
PP29305
Filed
May 2, 2016
Granted
May 22, 2018
Expires
May 2, 2036
Inventor
DUPONT SR ROBERT JAMES

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-RDBD’, characterized by compact growth, small foliage, and a large flat flower having a medium sized dark red eye which extends approximately 30-40 percent of petal length. The eye grades into a vermilion red zone having a velvet-like sheen which extends to the edge of the flower.

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

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP29305 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.