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US Plant Patent PP13667

Illumination Blue

Calibrachoa plant named ‘Illumination Blue’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 8, 2022. 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 PP13667, the photograph of Illumination Blue printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13667, 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
PP13667
Filed
March 8, 2002
Granted
March 18, 2003
Expires
March 8, 2022
Assignee
KIRIN BREWERY, TOKIA SEED COMPANY LTD
Inventor
TAKESHITA DAIGAKU; TOKITA TSUTOMU; WATANABE SAORI; ONISHI NOBORU; HAYASHIDA KUNIHIRO

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘Illumination Blue’, characterized by its cascading and prostrate plant habit; freely branching growth habit; early flowering habit; bright purple-colored flowers with yellow-colored throat; and good weather tolerance.

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 cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘Illumination Blue’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13667 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.