US Plant Patent PP12730

Gabriel

Hibiscus plant named ‘Gabriel’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 29, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 18, 2021. This patent earned 11 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12730, the photograph of Gabriel printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12730, 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: PP12730
Filed: January 18, 2001
Granted: June 25, 2002
Expires: January 29, 2021
Assignee: DUPONT NURSERY INC
Inventor: DUPONT SR ROBERT J

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘Gabriel’, characterized by its glossy dark green leaves; upright, outwardly spreading and freely branching plant habit; freely flowering habit; and large orange and purple-colored flowers with dark red centers.

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 ‘Gabriel’, as illustrated and described.

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