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US Plant Patent PP27837

Mocha Moon

Hibiscus plant named ‘Mocha Moon’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 5, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 19, 2035. This patent earned 78 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27837, the photograph of Mocha Moon printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27837, 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
PP27837
Filed
August 19, 2015
Granted
April 4, 2017
Expires
November 5, 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 ‘Mocha Moon’ comprising an upright branched stems, numerous, outward-facing, near light pink to white flowers over a prolonged season having a lustrous scarlet-red eye and short radiating veins. The foliage is deep bronze-green, primarily 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 ‘Mocha Moon’ as herein illustrated and described, suitable for potted plant culture, landscaping as a specimen or en masse, and especially suited for patios and confined spaces because of the compact habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27837 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.