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US Plant Patent PP27086

DUP-IPD

Hibsicus plant named ‘DUP-IPD’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 18, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 5, 2034. This patent earned 74 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27086, the photograph of DUP-IPD printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27086, 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
PP27086
Filed
May 5, 2014
Granted
August 23, 2016
Expires
July 18, 2034
Inventor
DUPONT SR ROBERT J

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-IDP’ characterized by glossy, dark green leaves, very upright habit appropriate for container production and culture, freely flowering habit and large to very large flowers having a large, blackish red eye zone which is margined against a dark orange body which fades at the petal margin to a light orange.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct hibiscus plant named ‘DUP-IDP’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27086 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.