US Plant Patent PP17523

BIG BIRD

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis plant named ‘BIG BIRD’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 14, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 19, 2025. This patent earned 26 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17523, the photograph of BIG BIRD printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17523, 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: PP17523
Filed: August 19, 2005
Granted: March 27, 2007
Expires: September 14, 2025
Assignee: HINES NURSERIES INC
Inventor: SCHLUETER BARRY

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘BIG BIRD’, characterized by a large ruffled yellow flower with a dark maroon center. ‘BIG BIRD’ is a free flowering plant with an upright, compact habit, and glossy, dark green foliage.

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

1. A new Hibiscus rosa - sinensis plant named ‘BIG BIRD’, substantially as shown and described.

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