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US Plant Patent PP27838

Mars Madness

Hibiscus plant named ‘Mars Madness’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 29, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 19, 2035. This patent earned 71 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27838, the photograph of Mars Madness printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27838, 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
PP27838
Filed
August 19, 2015
Granted
April 4, 2017
Expires
October 29, 2035
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of hardy herbaceous perennial Hibiscus hybrid plant named ‘Mars Madness’ comprising an upright dense branching, numerous flowers over a long season having vibrant magenta-red overlapping petals and a darker red lustrous eye halo. The foliage is dark-green with greyed-purple overlay, primarily heavily-dissected and tri-lobed.

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 perennial Hibiscus hybrid plant named ‘Mars Madness’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27838 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.