US Plant Patent PP18053

Balsunhopi

Petunia plant named ‘Balsunhopi’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 8, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 9, 2025. This patent earned 89 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18053, the photograph of Balsunhopi printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18053, 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: PP18053
Filed: December 9, 2005
Granted: September 18, 2007
Expires: March 8, 2026
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: MEYER KERRY M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Balsunhopi’ characterized by its dark pink-colored flowers, dark green-colored foliage, excellent branching, and mounded, trailing growth habit.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Balsunhopi’, substantially as herein shown and described.

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