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US Plant Patent PP23466

Little Prince

Hibiscus plant named: ‘Little Prince’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 27, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 24, 2031. This patent earned 92 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23466, the photograph of Little Prince printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23466, 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
PP23466
Filed
February 24, 2011
Granted
March 12, 2013
Expires
May 27, 2031
Assignee
ZWETZIG GRETCHEN
Inventor
ZWETZIG GRETCHEN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of winter hardy hibiscus plant named ‘Little Prince’ 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 tri-colored, purple-red-pink, thick textured flowers and its “Maple-shaped” foliage with a purple coloration, compactness of approximately 2½ feet, its vigorous and uniform breaking 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.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of hardy Hibiscus plant, as herein shown and described, characterized by its extremely compact nature, refined “maple-shaped” foliage of a greenish-purple coloration, its large tri-colored and speckled, purple and pink flowers, its vigor and its hardiness.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23466 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.