US Plant Patent PP15423

Heartbeat

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis plant named ‘Heartbeat’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 17, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 23, 2024. This patent earned 54 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15423, the photograph of Heartbeat printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15423, 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: PP15423
Filed: January 23, 2004
Granted: December 14, 2004
Expires: March 17, 2024
Assignee: HINES NURSERIES INC
Inventor: SCHLUETER BARRY

Abstract

A new plant variety of Hibiscus rosa - sinensis, named ‘Heartbeat’, characterized by a large glowing dark pink to light red flower with exceptional symmetry. It is a free-flowering plant with an upright, compact habit. The foliage is glossy and dark green.

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

I claim: 1. A new variety of Hibiscus rosa - sinensis plant as shown and described.

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