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US Plant Patent PP24961

Sunbel 0778

Calibrachoa plant named ‘Sunbel 0778’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 28, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 15, 2032. This patent earned 166 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24961, the photograph of Sunbel 0778 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24961, 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
PP24961
Filed
September 15, 2012
Granted
October 7, 2014
Expires
February 28, 2033
Assignee
SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD, KANAYA TAKESHI, MURAKAMI YASUYUKI
Inventor
KANAYA TAKESHI; MURAKAMI YASUYUKI

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘Sunbel 0778’, characterized by its mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching and flowering plant habit; early and long flowering period; numerous single bright yellow-colored flowers with dull red (greyed purple) coloration towards the throat and venation; color becoming closer to dull yellowish pink (light orange red) during the summer; 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 0778’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24961 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.