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US Plant Patent PP24760

heartthrob

Hibiscus plant named ‘heartthrob’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 19, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 16, 2033. This patent earned 64 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24760, the photograph of heartthrob printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24760, 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
PP24760
Filed
March 16, 2013
Granted
August 12, 2014
Expires
May 19, 2033
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, FALSTAD III CLARENCE H
Inventor
FALSTAD III CLARENCE H

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of hardy herbaceous Hibiscus hybrid plant named ‘Heartthrob’ with mostly upright branched stems bearing broadly ovate-shaped dark green foliage and many large flat-faced, dark, greyed-purple flowers with darker eye and flowering over at least 10 weeks during the summer and fall.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new cultivar of hardy herbaceous Hibiscus hybrid plant named ‘Heartthrob’ as herein illustrated and described, comprising a hardy herbaceous perennial with dense mostly upright branched stems bearing broadly ovate-shaped dark green foliage and many large flat-faced, dark, greyed-purple flowers with darker eye suitable for landscape use.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24760 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.