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US Plant Patent PP12508

Kakegawa S8

Calibrachoa plant named ‘Kakegawa S8’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 4, 2019. 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 4 of US plant patent PP12508, the photograph of Kakegawa S8 printed in the patent.
Figure 4 from US Plant Patent PP12508, 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
PP12508
Filed
August 4, 1999
Granted
April 2, 2002
Expires
August 4, 2019
Assignee
SAKATA SEED CORP
Inventor
BESSHO MASAO; OHGA TOSHIMI

Abstract

A new Calibrachoa plant which combines a decumbent and compact growth habit with large funnelform flowers, having mostly pink lobes and throat. The plant grows vigorously, branching only moderately. The petals are united and each has a fissure and a slight indent. Fully-opened flowers have a diameter between 3.1-3.6 cm. The throat and limbs of the petals are mostly light pink (R.H.S. 74C). The tube has partially white portions and partially yellow (R.H.S. 7B) portions. Typically, young flowers will close under low light and low temperature conditions such as late in the day and at night, giving them their generally funnelform appearance.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Calibrachoa plant as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12508 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.