US Plant Patent PP16684

Sunbelfire

Calibrachoa plant named ‘Sunbelfire’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 28, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 28, 2025. This patent earned 61 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16684
Filed: March 28, 2005
Granted: June 20, 2006
Expires: May 28, 2025
Assignee: SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor: KANAYA TAKESHI

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘Sunbelfire’, characterized by its mounding and outwardly spreading plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; yellow and red bi-colored flowers; and good weather tolerance.

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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘Sunbelfire’, as illustrated and described.

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