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US Plant Patent PP22300

Sultry Kiss

Hibiscus plant named ‘Sultry Kiss’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 21, 2030.

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 PP22300, the photograph of Sultry Kiss printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP22300, 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
PP22300
Filed
July 21, 2010
Granted
December 6, 2011
Expires
July 21, 2030
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HURD KEVIN A
Inventor
HURD KEVIN A

Abstract

The new and distinct plant cultivar of hardy Hibiscus named ‘Sultry Kiss’ comprising heavily branched purple tinted stems containing three-lobed maple-like foliage with burgundy tinting, and flowers with heavily overlapped magenta red petals and crimson red eye, over at least 12 weeks during the summer and early fall until frost.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of hardy hybrid Hibiscus plant named ‘Sultry Kiss’ as herein described and illustrated, with heavily overlapped magenta red petals and crimson red eye, mostly three-lobed maple-like foliage with purple tinting and heavily branched stems with burgundy tinting producing a multitude of flowers over at least 12 weeks during the summer and early fall until frost, and suitable as a potted plant; for the garden, and for cut flower arrangements.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP22300 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.