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US Plant Patent PP16391

Sunbelbusta

Calibrachoa plant named ‘Sunbelbusta’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 18, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 25, 2024. This patent earned 115 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16391, the photograph of Sunbelbusta printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16391, 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
PP16391
Filed
March 25, 2004
Granted
March 28, 2006
Expires
July 18, 2024
Assignee
SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor
MURAKAMI YASUYUKI; KANAYA TAKESHI

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a new and distinct variety of Calibrachoa plant having an outwardly 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 a vivid purple color with deep purple vein. The inside color of the corolla throat is vivid yellow with brilliant yellow-green and the outside of the corolla tube is strong purple with dark redish-purple. 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 ‘Sunbelbusta’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16391 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.