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US Plant Patent PP20505

Sunbelrikubu

Calibrachoa plant named ‘Sunbelrikubu’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 10, 2028.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 25, 2027. This patent earned 198 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20505, the photograph of Sunbelrikubu printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20505, 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
PP20505
Filed
September 25, 2007
Granted
November 24, 2009
Expires
April 10, 2028
Inventor
KITAMURA KENICHI

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘Sunbelrikubu’, characterized by its outwardly spreading and trailing plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching and flowering plant habit; long flowering period; and purple-colored flowers.

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

1. A new and distinct Calibrachoa plant named ‘Sunbelrikubu’ as illustrated and described.

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