US Plant Patent PP16286

Maple Sugar

Hibiscus plant named ‘Maple Sugar’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 2, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 30, 2024. This patent earned 2 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16286
Filed: September 30, 2004
Granted: February 21, 2006
Expires: October 2, 2024
Assignee: RARE PLANT RES
Inventor: MOSTUL BURL

Abstract

A new and distinct Hibiscus plant named ‘Maple Sugar’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; relatively large burgundy-colored leaves; and burgundy-colored flowers.

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

1. A new and distinct Hibiscus plant named ‘Maple Sugar’, as illustrated and described.

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