US Plant Patent PP22594
Sunnichiroin
Catharanthus plant named ‘Sunnichiroin’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends January 26, 2031.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP22594
- Filed
- January 26, 2011
- Granted
- March 20, 2012
- Expires
- January 26, 2031
- Assignee
- SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD, MIYAZAKI KIYOSHI, KAKO TETSUYA
- Inventor
- KAKO TETSUYA; MIYAZAKI KIYOSHI
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Catharanthus plant named ‘Sunnichiroin’, characterized by its trailing plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; freely flowering habit; long flowering period; large red purple-colored flowers; 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 ‘Sunnichiroin’ as illustrated and described.
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