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US Plant Patent PP24960

Sunbel 0579

Calibrachoa plant named ‘Sunbel 0579’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 5, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 15, 2032. This patent earned 171 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24960, the photograph of Sunbel 0579 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24960, 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
PP24960
Filed
September 15, 2012
Granted
October 7, 2014
Expires
March 5, 2033
Inventor
KANAYA TAKESHI; MURAKAMI YASUYUKI

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘Sunbel 0579’, characterized by its compact and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching and flowering plant habit; early and long flowering period; numerous single purple violet-colored flowers with darker purple coloration towards the throat; and good garden performance.

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 Calibrachoa plant named ‘Sunbel 0579’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24960 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.