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US Plant Patent PP14776

Robert Fleming

Hibiscus plant named ‘Robert Fleming’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 3, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 10, 2021. This patent earned 205 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14776, the photograph of Robert Fleming printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14776, 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
PP14776
Filed
September 10, 2001
Granted
May 11, 2004
Expires
April 3, 2022
Inventor
FLEMING DAVID W; ZWETZIG GRETCHEN A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of winter hardy hibiscus plant named ‘Robert Fleming’ is the result of a unique hybridization. This new and distinct cultivar is characterized primarily as to novelty by its extreme cold hardiness to Zone 4, its ovate “Hydrangea-like” green leaves, its rich, large, dark red flowers that are very overlapping and ruffled, its short stature and compactness with vigorous growth potential, total refinement, 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.

We claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant, as herein shown and described, characterized by its green, ovate “Hydrangea-type” crinkled foliage, its medium-sized and overlapping, bright red, ruffled flowers, its more compact size, its vigor and its hardiness.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14776 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.