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US Plant Patent PP22576

DUP-SWPK

Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-SWPK’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 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 PP22576, the photograph of DUP-SWPK printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP22576, 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
PP22576
Filed
March 12, 2010
Granted
March 13, 2012
Expires
March 12, 2030
Inventor
DUPONT SR ROBERT J

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-SWPK’, characterized by glossy, dark green leaves, semi-upright habit appropriate for container production and culture, freely flowering habit, and very large pendant double flowers which are uniformly cream pink throughout.

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-SWPK’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP22576 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.