US Plant Patent PP15257

Moon Pie

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis plant named ‘Moon Pie’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 23, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15257, the photograph of Moon Pie printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15257, 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: PP15257
Filed: January 23, 2004
Granted: October 19, 2004
Expires: January 23, 2024
Assignee: HINES NURSERIES INC
Inventor: SCHLUETER BARRY

Abstract

A new plant variety of Hibiscus rosa - sinensis named ‘Moon Pie’, characterized by a large ruffled multi-colored flower with a red center, a creamy-white halo followed by yellow edges. 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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