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US Plant Patent PP16285

Sunbel-labu

Calibrachoa plant named ‘Sunbel-labu’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 7, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 29, 2024. This patent earned 9 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16285, the photograph of Sunbel-labu printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16285, 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
PP16285
Filed
March 29, 2004
Granted
February 21, 2006
Expires
April 7, 2024
Assignee
SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor
KANAYA TAKESHI; MURAKAMI YASUYUKI

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a new and distinct variety of Calibrachoa plant having a spreading growth habit. The Calibrachoa plant has abundant branching, and a great profusion of blooms, the whole plant remaining in bloom for a considerable period of time. The flowers are single and very small, the petals having light purple color with deep reddish purple midvein. The bottom color of the corolla throat is vivid yellow and the outside of the coroll tube is dark pink. The plant exhibits high resistance to heat, cold, rain and disease.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Calibrachoa plant named ‘Sunbel-labu’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16285 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.