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US Plant Patent PP27880

Perfect Storm

Hibiscus plant named ‘Perfect Storm’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 26, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 19, 2035. This patent earned 7 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27880, the photograph of Perfect Storm printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27880, 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
PP27880
Filed
November 19, 2015
Granted
April 11, 2017
Expires
November 26, 2035
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of winter-hardy, herbaceous, perennial, hybrid Hibiscus plant named ‘Perfect Storm’ comprising a short compact habit of multiple, well-branched, basal stems producing numerous flowers from the ground up, over a prolonged season having light pink to near white base and bright-red eye and veins and marginal red tinting. The foliage is three to five-lobed, deeply dissected, maple-like and dark purple colored.

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 ‘Perfect Storm’ 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 short compact habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27880 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.