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US Plant Patent PP17154

Sunbelpapi

Calibrachoa plant named ‘Sunbelpapi’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 11, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 30, 2024. This patent earned 226 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17154, the photograph of Sunbelpapi printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17154, 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
PP17154
Filed
March 30, 2004
Granted
October 17, 2006
Expires
November 11, 2024
Assignee
SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor
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 small, the petals having strong purplish pink. The inside color of the corolla throat is vivid yellow and the outside of the corolla tube is light greenish yellow with purplish pink veins. 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 ‘Sunbelpapi’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17154 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.