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US Plant Patent PP16138

Sunvioki

Botanical/commercial classification Viola cornuta/Viola plant varietal denomination cv. ‘Sunvioki’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 14, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 30, 2023. This patent earned 137 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16138, the photograph of Sunvioki printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16138, 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
PP16138
Filed
June 30, 2003
Granted
December 6, 2005
Expires
November 14, 2023
Assignee
SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor
MIYAZAKI KIYOSHI; TAKAMURA NAOTO; IKEDA YUKIHIRO

Abstract

Disclosed herein is new Viola cornuta plant named ‘Sunvioki’, which is a vegetative propagated variety, developed by specific hybridization between ‘9V-39a’ and ‘Alpine Sun’. ‘Sunvioki’ has a spreading habit with very long stem. The plant height is low. The branching is abundant. Flowers are vertically oblong and very small. The color of flower is brilliant greenish yellow with vivid yellow eye. The plant has a high resistance to cold, pests and diseases.

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 Viola cornuta plant named ‘Sunvioki’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16138 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.