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US Plant Patent PP36460

CaTU 1917

Catharanthus plant named ‘CaTU 1917’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 28, 2044.

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 PP36460, the photograph of CaTU 1917 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP36460, 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
PP36460
Filed
March 28, 2024
Granted
February 18, 2025
Expires
March 28, 2044
Assignee
SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD, TOMOMATSU KOICHI, SUZUKI KENICHI, TAYCHASINPITAK THUNYA
Inventor
TOMOMATSU KOICHI; TAYCHASINPITAK THUNYA; SUZUKI KENICHI

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Catharanthus plant named ‘CaTU 1917’, characterized by its compact, upright and uniformly mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; freely flowering habit; long flowering period; relatively small star-shaped dark red-colored flowers with pale yellow-colored centers; and good garden performance.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Catharanthus plant named ‘CaTU 1917’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP36460 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.