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US Plant Patent PP23698

New Old Yella

Hibiscus plant named ‘New Old Yella’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 4, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 24, 2031. This patent earned 130 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23698, the photograph of New Old Yella printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23698, 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
PP23698
Filed
February 24, 2011
Granted
July 2, 2013
Expires
July 4, 2031
Assignee
ZWETZIG GRETCHEN
Inventor
ZWETZIG GRETCHEN

Abstract

A New and distinct cultivar of winter hardy Hibiscus plant named ‘New Old Yella’ is the result of a unique hybridization. This new and distinct cultivar is characterized primarily as to its novelty by its extreme cold hardi ness to Zone 4, its large thick-textured, light yellow flowers and its “Maple-shaped” leaves with a green coloration, Compactness of about 3 feet, its vigorous and uniform growth habit and its floriferous nature from midsummer until frost.

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

The invention claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of hardy Hibiscus plant, as herein shown and described, characterized by its compact nature, refined “maple-like” foliage of a green coloration, its large glowing light yellow flowers, its vigor and its hardiness.

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