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US Plant Patent PP24022

Small Wonders

Hibiscus plant named ‘Small Wonders’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 19, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 24, 2031. This patent earned 115 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24022, the photograph of Small Wonders printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24022, 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
PP24022
Filed
February 24, 2011
Granted
November 12, 2013
Expires
June 19, 2031
Assignee
ZWETZIG GRETCHEN, GRETCHEN ZWETZIG FLEMING S FLOWER FIELDS INC
Inventor
ZWETZIG GRETCHEN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of winter hardy Hibiscus plant named ‘Small Wonders’ 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 thick-textured, heavily streaked and speckled, red, white and pink flowers and its “Maple-shaped” foliage with a black-purple coloration, compactness of approximately 2½ feet, its vigorous and uniform breaking 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 “maple-shaped” foliage of an extremely dark purple coloration, its large heavily streaked and speckled, red, white and pink flowers, its vigor and its hardiness.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24022 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.