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US Plant Patent PP14539

Horpuva

Petunia plant named ‘Horpuva’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 19, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14539, the photograph of Horpuva printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14539, 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
PP14539
Filed
April 19, 2002
Granted
February 17, 2004
Expires
April 19, 2022
Inventor
VAN MARREWIJK WIM C J

Abstract

A new cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Horpuva’ that is characterized by variegated light green leaves, with irregular cream-yellow margins, a trailing habit, and large brilliant purple flowers. In combination these traits set ‘Horpuva’ apart from all other existing varieties of Petunia known to the inventor.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Horpuva’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14539 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.