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US Plant Patent PP29279

DUP-SWTP

Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-SWTP’

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 PP29279, the photograph of DUP-SWTP printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP29279, 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
PP29279
Filed
May 2, 2016
Granted
May 8, 2018
Expires
May 2, 2036
Assignee
DUPONT SR ROBERT JAMES
Inventor
DUPONT SR ROBERT JAMES

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-SWTP’, characterized by glossy, dark green leaves, a strongly upright habit and extremely compact growth. The flower is characterized by a medium-sized, glossy red eye zone extending roughly a third of the way to the petal edge, sharply margined against a bright orange-yellow body zone which fully extends to the petal edge. The body zone is suffused with a bright orange, the suffusion being at a maximum at approximately half way to the petal edge, and at a minimum just outside the eye zone and 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-SWTP’, either grafted or on its own roots, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP29279 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.