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US Plant Patent PP12660

Mathilde

Hibiscus plant named ‘Mathilde’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 8, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12660, the photograph of Mathilde printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12660, 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
PP12660
Filed
May 8, 2000
Granted
May 28, 2002
Expires
May 8, 2020
Assignee
SPRING MEADOW NURSERY INC
Inventor
VERWEIJ RIEN

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘Mathilde’, characterized by its upright plant habit; very freely branching; dense and bushy growth habit; freely flowering habit; and attractive and numerous light lavender-colored flowers.

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 Hibiscus plant named ‘Mathilde’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12660 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.