US Plant Patent PP10942
Velvet Wind
Hibiscus plant named `Velvet Wind`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 22, 2017. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP10942
- Filed
- December 22, 1997
- Granted
- June 8, 1999
- Expires
- December 22, 2017
- Assignee
- YODER BROTHERS INC
- Inventor
- BERGMAN WENDY R
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant name `Velvet Wind`, characterized by its shiny and very dark green leaves; upright, uniform, dense and symmetrical plant habit that is appropriate for container production; floriferousness with numerous red-colored flowers with dark red to purple throats; good resistance to flower bud abscission; and excellent postproduction longevity.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
It is claimed: 1. A new and distict Hibiscus plant named `Velvet Wind`, as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10942 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.