US Plant Patent PP23055
Hoobenihime
Petunia plant named ‘Hoobenihime’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends August 19, 2031.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP23055
- Filed
- August 19, 2011
- Granted
- September 18, 2012
- Expires
- August 19, 2031
- Assignee
- SAKATA SEED CORP, GOTO FUSAKO, GOTO KOJI, GOTO SUSUMU
- Inventor
- GOTO KOJI; GOTO FUSAKO; GOTO SUSUMU
Abstract
A Petunia variety named ‘Hoobenihime’ particularly distinguished by having red-purple flowers with a dark purple edge and small flower size is disclosed.
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 Petunia plant named ‘Hoobenihime’ as shown and described herein.
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