US Plant Patent PP18195

SAKURAI 01

Catharanthus plant named ‘SAKURAI 01’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 9, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 26, 2026. This patent earned 44 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18195, the photograph of SAKURAI 01 printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18195, 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: PP18195
Filed: May 26, 2006
Granted: November 13, 2007
Expires: July 9, 2026
Assignee: KITAJIMA OSAMU
Inventor: KITAJIMA OSAMU

Abstract

A new cultivar of Catharanthus named ‘SAKURAI 01’ that is characterized by sterility, upright habit, dark-green foliage, pale green stems, and profuse red-purple flowers. In combination these traits set ‘SAKURAI 01’ apart from all other existing varieties of Catharanthus known to the inventor.

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 Catharanthus plant named ‘SAKURAI 01’ as described and illustrated.

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