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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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15281, the photograph of Nova printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15281, 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
PP15281
Filed
January 23, 2004
Granted
October 26, 2004
Expires
January 23, 2024
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.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15281 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.