US Plant Patent PP15281
Nova
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis plant named ‘Nova’
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.

The record
- Patent number
- PP15281
- Filed
- January 23, 2004
- Granted
- October 26, 2004
- Expires
- January 23, 2024
- Assignee
- HINES NURSERIES INC
- Inventor
- SCHLUETER BARRY
Abstract
A new plant variety of Hibiscus rosa - sinensis named ‘Nova’, characterized by a heavy textured double flower with a bright yellow center, yellow veins, and shades of coral to orange throughout the body of the flower. 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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