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US Plant Patent PP27901

Starry Starry Night

Hibiscus plant named ‘Starry Starry Night’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 11, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 19, 2035. This patent earned 84 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27901, the photograph of Starry Starry Night printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27901, 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
PP27901
Filed
August 19, 2015
Granted
April 18, 2017
Expires
November 11, 2035
Assignee
HANSEN HANS A, WALTES GARDENS INC
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of hardy herbaceous perennial Hibiscus hybrid plant named ‘Starry Starry Night’ comprising dense branching habit with dark greyed-purple, tri-foliate leaves over a large portion of the mound. The flowers are flat, upward and outward facing, with pinwheel-varying light-pink and magenta colored face, veins and speckles, and have a darker red eye.

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

I claim: 1. A new cultivar of hardy herbaceous perennial Hibiscus hybrid plant named ‘Starry Starry Night’ as herein illustrated and described, suitable for potted plant culture, landscaping as a specimen or en masse, and especially suited for patios and confined spaces because of the compact habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27901 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.