US Plant Patent PP18608

Balsunplum

Petunia plant named ‘Balsunplum’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 8, 2026.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 8, 2026. This patent earned 30 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP18608
Filed: November 8, 2006
Granted: March 18, 2008
Expires: December 8, 2026
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: HURKMAN MARGARET M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Balsunplum’, characterized by its single type, plum-veined, purple-colored flowers, dark green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, 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 ‘Balsunplum’, substantially as herein shown and described.

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