US Plant Patent PP18154

SAKURAI 15

Catharanthus plant named ‘SAKURAI 15’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 26, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP18154
Filed: May 26, 2006
Granted: October 30, 2007
Expires: May 26, 2026
Assignee: KITAJIMA OSAMU
Inventor: KITAJIMA OSAMU

Abstract

A new cultivar of Catharanthus named ‘SAKURAI 15’ that is characterized by sterility; upright-habit, dark-green foliage, pale green stems, and profuse red-purple flowers. In combination these traits set ‘SAKURAI 15’ 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 15’ as described and illustrated.

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