US Plant Patent PP20811
Panama Bronze
Hibiscus plant named ‘Panama Bronze’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends July 30, 2027.
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
- PP20811
- Filed
- July 30, 2007
- Granted
- March 9, 2010
- Expires
- July 30, 2027
- Assignee
- UNIV GEORGIA RES FOUND
- Inventor
- RUTER JOHN
Abstract
Hibiscus ‘Panama Bronze’ is an ornamental variety, crossed and cultivated in Georgia. The plants of the new Hibiscus variety display new growth with an intense bronze color in high light that matures to a green color with bronze edging, deeply cut foliage, stable foliage color, very large flowers, thrives in hot an humid conditions, and flowers heavily during short days (November to April) in zone 10. ‘Panama Bronze’ can be grown in the garden or in a container.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
1. A new and distinct variety of Hibiscus plant named ‘Panama Bronze’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.
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