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US Plant Patent PP23759

Satellite

Hibiscus plant named ‘Satellite’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 24, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 25, 2031. This patent earned 149 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23759, the photograph of Satellite printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23759, 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
PP23759
Filed
February 25, 2011
Granted
July 23, 2013
Expires
July 24, 2031
Assignee
ZWETZIG GRETCHEN
Inventor
ZWETZIG GRETCHEN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of winter hardy Hibiscus plant named ‘Satellite’ is the result of a unique hybridization. This new and distinct cultivar is characterized primarily as to its novelty by its extreme cold hardiness to Zone 4, medium to large, thick-textured, reddish to mauve colored flowers and its shiny, petite ‘maple-shaped’ leaves with a purple cast, compactness of about 2 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 is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of hardy Hibiscus plant, as herein shown and described, characterized by its compact nature, refined petite, glabrous “maple-like” foliage of a purple coloration, its medium rosy-mauve flowers, its vigor and its hardiness.

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