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US Plant Patent PP17588

Sunbelflam

Calibrachoa plant named ‘Sunbelflam’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 26, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17588, the photograph of Sunbelflam printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17588, 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
PP17588
Filed
October 26, 2005
Granted
April 10, 2007
Expires
October 26, 2025
Inventor
KANAYA TAKESHI

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘Sunbelflam’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; long flowering period; dark pink-colored flowers with darker pink-colored centers and venation; and good weather tolerance.

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

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

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17588 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.