US Plant Patent PP11166
Morrison-Gilberg (III)
Hibiscus plant named `Morrison-Gilberg (III)`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 16, 2018. 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
- PP11166
- Filed
- January 16, 1998
- Granted
- December 28, 1999
- Expires
- January 16, 2018
- Assignee
- GILBERG PERENNIAL FARMS INC
- Inventor
- MORRISON WILLIAM L
Abstract
A new and distinct hybrid variety of hibiscus, particularly distinguished by having flowers of from seven to twelve inches in diameter that are fuchsia pink with a darker eye, closely matching Pantone 221U with a Pantone 222U eye, will fully overlapping petals. The length of the blooming cycle is about 3-5 weeks. Individual blooms last about 2-3 days on the stalk. The distinguishing characteristics are constant and stable in asexually reproduced plants.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Hibiscus moscheutos plant, as herein shown and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11166 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.