US Plant Patent PP16878

Danpetblu

Petunia plant named ‘Danpetblu’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 28, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 13, 2025. This patent earned 15 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16878
Filed: May 13, 2005
Granted: July 25, 2006
Expires: May 28, 2025
Assignee: DANZIGER DAN FLOWER FARM
Inventor: DANZIGER GABRIEL

Abstract

A new and distinct Petunia plant named ‘Danpetblu’ characterized by having small in size, dark violet-blue colored flowers; a short blooming season, and bears its best inflorescence performance during the summer; cascading growth habit; and is suitable for patios and outdoors bedding.

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

1. A new and distinct Petunia plant named ‘Danpetblu’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

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