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US Plant Patent PP24497

DUP-SWCH

Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-SWCH’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 28, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 25, 2032. This patent earned 65 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24497, the photograph of DUP-SWCH printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24497, 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
PP24497
Filed
July 25, 2012
Granted
May 27, 2014
Expires
September 28, 2032
Assignee
DUPONT SR ROBERT J
Inventor
DUPONT SR ROBERT J

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-SWCH’, characterized by glossy, dark green leaves, sturdy, very upright habit appropriate for container production and culture, freely flowering habit, and a large flower having a large, blackish red eye zone which is margined against a crinkled dark cherry pink body which abruptly fades at the petal margin to a blush pink. Faint blush pink rays extend from the edge of the eye to roughly two thirds of the way 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-SWCH’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24497 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.