US Plant Patent PP11165
Morrison-Gilberg (IV)
Hibiscus plant named `Morrison-Gilberg (IV)`
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
- PP11165
- 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 moscheutos, particularly distinguished by having flowers of from seven to twelve inches in diameter that are light fuschia with a darker eye, closely matching Pantone 224U with a Pantone 227U eye and with fully overlapping petals. The blooming period is about 3 to 4 weeks, but individual blooms allowed to remain on the plant typically last about 2 days. Mature plant specimens are about 31/2 to 51/2 feet in height. 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
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