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US Plant Patent PP25076

Snowflame

Hibiscus plant named ‘Snowflame’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 23, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 24, 2031. This patent earned 119 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25076, the photograph of Snowflame printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25076, 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
PP25076
Filed
February 24, 2011
Granted
November 18, 2014
Expires
June 23, 2031
Assignee
ZWETZIG GRETCHEN, GRETCHEN ZWETZIG FLEMINGS FLOWER FIELDS
Inventor
ZWETZIG GRETCHEN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of winter hardy Hibiscus plant named ‘Snowflame’ 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, its large thick-textured, light red flowers with white reverse and its “Maple-shaped” leaves with a red-dish-green coloration, compactness of about 3 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 reddish “maple-like” foliage of a green and red coloration, its large glowing red flowers with a white reverse, its vigor and its hardiness.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25076 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.