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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
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.