US Plant Patent PP18471

Balsunwhite

Petunia plant named ‘Balsunwhite’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 8, 2026.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP18471
Filed: November 8, 2006
Granted: February 5, 2008
Expires: November 8, 2026
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: HURKMAN MARGARET M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Balsunwhite’, characterized by its single type white-colored flowers, medium 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 ‘Balsunwhite’, substantially as herein shown and described.

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