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US Plant Patent PP6941

Maui Sunset

Hibiscus plant named Maui Sunset

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 24, 2008. 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.

The record

Patent number
PP6941
Filed
February 24, 1988
Granted
July 25, 1989
Expires
February 24, 2008

Abstract

A Hibiscus plant named Maui Sunset particularly characterized by its bright orange flower color, semi-double flower form, excellent pot habit, resistance to Bacterial Leaf Spot, good flower production, ease of rooting cuttings, flower life of a single day, medium sized leaves with a slightly serrated edge, and durability as a landscape subject.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis named Maui Sunset, as illustrated and described, and parts thereof.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6941 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.