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US Plant Patent PP14135

Kirifu Blue

Calibrachoa plant named ‘Kirifu Blue’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 14, 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 PP14135, the photograph of Kirifu Blue printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14135, 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
PP14135
Filed
April 14, 2002
Granted
September 16, 2003
Expires
April 14, 2022
Assignee
KIRIN BREWERY
Inventor
WATANABE HITOSHI; TAKESHITA DAIGAKU

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘Kirifu Blue’ characterized by its spreading and prostrate plant habit; freely branching growth habit; short internodes giving a dense bushy appearance; small leaves; early and freely flowering habit; small pale violet-colored flowers with darker violet-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 ‘Kirifu Blue’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14135 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.