US Plant Patent PP18210

Sunmecareki

Mecardonia plant named ‘Sunmecareki’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 31, 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18210, the photograph of Sunmecareki printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18210, 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: PP18210
Filed: May 31, 2006
Granted: November 13, 2007
Expires: May 31, 2026
Assignee: SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor: MIYAZAKI KIYOSHI

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Mecardonia plant named ‘Sunmecareki’, characterized by its compact, decumbent and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; long flowering period; and small bright yellow-colored flowers.

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

1. A new and distinct Mecardonia plant named ‘Sunmecareki’ as illustrated and described.

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