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US Plant Patent PP24468

DUP-SWTE

Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-SWTE’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 17, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 23, 2032. This patent earned 56 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24468, the photograph of DUP-SWTE printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24468, 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
PP24468
Filed
July 23, 2012
Granted
May 20, 2014
Expires
September 17, 2032
Assignee
DUPONT SR ROBERT J
Inventor
DUPONT SR ROBERT J

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-SWTE’, characterized by glossy, dark green leaves, a dwarf, base-branching habit, with semi-upright habit appropriate for container production and culture, freely flowering habit, and a small flower, usually less than 5.5 inches in diameter, having a shiny, dark red eye which extends out about a third of the way to the flower edge, the eye margined in pumpkin orange which fades into a light orange body and 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-SWTE’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24468 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.