US Plant Patent PP15926

Smiley Face

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis plant named ‘Smiley Face’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 14, 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 112 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15926, the photograph of Smiley Face printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15926, 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: PP15926
Filed: January 23, 2004
Granted: August 23, 2005
Expires: May 14, 2024
Assignee: HINES NURSERIES INC
Inventor: SCHLUETER BARRY

Abstract

A new plant variety of Hibiscus rosa - sinensis named ‘Smiley Face’, characterized by an intense red-orange bloom, spotted and splotched with yellow marks along the outer rime 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.

1. A new and distinct variety of Hibiscus rosa - sinensis plant, named ‘Smiley Face’, substantially as shown and described.

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