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US Plant Patent PP21765

Sahara Sunset

Hibiscus plant named ‘Sahara Sunset’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 21, 2029.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP21765, the photograph of Sahara Sunset printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21765, 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
PP21765
Filed
May 21, 2009
Granted
March 8, 2011
Expires
May 21, 2029
Assignee
US AGRICULTURE
Inventor
POUNDERS JR CECIL T

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘Sahara Sunset’, characterized by its spreading upright growth habit and unique multicolored maple leaf-shaped ornamental foliage saturated with two dominant color regions.

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

1. A new and distinct Hibiscus plant named ‘Sahara Sunset’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP21765 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.