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US Plant Patent PP23690

Kui Nuku

Hibiscus plant named ‘Kui Nuku’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 22, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 24, 2031. This patent earned 118 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23690, the photograph of Kui Nuku printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23690, 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
PP23690
Filed
February 24, 2011
Granted
June 25, 2013
Expires
June 22, 2031
Assignee
ZWETZIG GRETCHEN
Inventor
ZWETZIG GRETCHEN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of winter hardy Hibiscus plant named ‘Kui Nuku’ is the result of a unique hybridization. This new and distinct cultivar is characterized primarily as to its novelty by its extreme cold hardiness to Zone 4, large thick-textured, magenta-pink flowers and its “Maple-shaped” leaves with a purple coloration, compactness of about 3 feet, its vigorous and uniform growth habit and its floriferous nature from midsummer until frost.

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 cultivar of hardy Hibiscus plant, as herein shown and described, characterized by its compact nature, refined purplish “maple-like” foliage of a purple coloration, its large bold, magenta-pink flowers, its vigor and its hardiness.

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