US Plant Patent PP17608
YOHIB 2136
Hibiscus plant named ‘YOHIB 2136’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 27, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 8, 2025. This patent earned 50 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP17608
- Filed
- July 8, 2005
- Granted
- April 17, 2007
- Expires
- August 27, 2025
- Assignee
- YODER BROTHERS INC
- Inventor
- BERGMAN WENDY R
Abstract
A new and distinct Hibiscus plant named ‘YOHIB 2136’, characterized by its compact, upright, outwardly spreading, uniform, dense and symmetrical plant habit that is appropriate for container production; glossy, palmately-lobed and dark green-colored leaves; uniform and freely flowering habit; white and pink bi-colored flowers with dark red-colored centers; good resistance to flower bud abscission during shipping; and tolerance to pathogens common to Hibiscus grown under Florida production conditions.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
1. A new and distinct Hibiscus plant named ‘YOHIB 2136’, as illustrated and described.
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