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US Plant Patent PP14144

Kirifu Red

Calibrachoa plant named ‘Kirifu Red’

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 PP14144, the photograph of Kirifu Red printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14144, 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
PP14144
Filed
April 14, 2002
Granted
September 16, 2003
Expires
April 14, 2022
Inventor
WATANABE HITOSHI; TAKESHITA DAIGAKU

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘Kirifu Red’, 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 bright purple-colored flowers; 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 Red’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14144 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.