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US Plant Patent PP13934

Sunnicobu

Nierembergia plant named ‘Sunnicobu’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 1, 2019. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 17, 2019. This patent earned 14 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 5 of US plant patent PP13934, the photograph of Sunnicobu printed in the patent.
Figure 5 from US Plant Patent PP13934, 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
PP13934
Filed
June 17, 1999
Granted
July 1, 2003
Expires
July 1, 2019
Assignee
SUNTORY LTD
Inventor
MURAKAMI YASUYUKI

Abstract

Disclosed herein is new Nierembergia plant named ‘Sunnicobu’, having a compact and tufted habit with long internode stem. The stem color varies from grayish olive to grayish brown. Flowers are single and small. The petal is light purple with moderate purple center portion. The bottom color of the corolla throat is vivid yellow and the outside color of corolla tube is pale yellow green. The plant has a high resistance to rain, heat, diseases especially powdery mildew.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Nierembergia plant named ‘Sunnicobu’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13934 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.