US Plant Patent PP16827

Sunbelsu

Calibrachoa plant named ‘Sunbelsu’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 9, 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 12 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16827
Filed: March 28, 2005
Granted: July 18, 2006
Expires: April 9, 2025
Assignee: SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor: KANAYA TAKESHI

Abstract

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

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

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