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US Plant Patent PP16406

Sunniparibu

Nierembergia plant named ‘Sunniparibu’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 1, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 31, 2024. This patent earned 92 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16406, the photograph of Sunniparibu printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16406, 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
PP16406
Filed
March 31, 2004
Granted
April 4, 2006
Expires
July 1, 2024
Assignee
SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor
MURAKAMI YASUYUKI

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a new and distinct variety of Nierembergia plant having an erect growth habit. The Nierembergia plant has many branches, and a great profusion of blooms, the whole plant remaining in bloom for a considerable period of time. The flowers are single and large, the petals having strong purple with moderate purple towards the center. Yellow eye presents at the bottom of corolla throat. The plant exhibits high resistance to heat, cold, rain and disease.

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 Nierembergia plant named ‘Sunniparibu’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16406 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.