US Plant Patent PP17466

Hollywood

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis plant named ‘Hollywood’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 24, 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 5 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17466, the photograph of Hollywood printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17466, 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: PP17466
Filed: August 19, 2005
Granted: March 6, 2007
Expires: August 24, 2025
Assignee: HINES NURSERIES INC
Inventor: SCHLUETER BARRY

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘Hollywood’, characterized by a large ruffled flower with a red center, transitioning to orange with yellow edges, and metallic silver veining evident in the red and orange areas. ‘Hollywood’ 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 ‘Hollywood’, substantially as shown and described.

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