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US Plant Patent PP28894

Suncatha 2243

Catharanthus plant named ‘Suncatha 2243’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 27, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 19, 2034. This patent earned 434 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28894, the photograph of Suncatha 2243 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28894, 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
PP28894
Filed
September 19, 2014
Granted
January 23, 2018
Expires
November 27, 2035
Assignee
SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor
YAMADA MASAHIRO

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a new and distinct variety of Catharanthus plant having vigorous, upright plant characteristics, abundant branching, especially basally branching, developed from the base of the plant throughout the growing season, great profusion of single, red-pink flowers, the whole bush remaining in bloom for a considerable period of time and deeply bitten petals, shaped of hastate, incurvated.

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

What is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of Catharanthus plant named ‘Suncatha 2243’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28894 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.