US Plant Patent PP17577

ENLIGHTENMENT

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis plant named ‘ENLIGHTENMENT’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 28, 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 40 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17577, the photograph of ENLIGHTENMENT printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17577, 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: PP17577
Filed: August 19, 2005
Granted: April 10, 2007
Expires: September 28, 2025
Assignee: HINES NURSERIES INC
Inventor: SCHLUETER BARRY

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘ENLIGHTENMENT’, characterized by a large, ruffled, multicolored flower with a pink center, an orange halo and yellow edges, with white flecks throughout the center. ‘ENLIGHTENMENT’ 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 ‘ENLIGHTENMENT’, substantially as shown and described.

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