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US Plant Patent PP17675

Kirimaji Double Blue Velvet

Petunia plant named ‘Kirimaji Double Blue Velvet’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 18, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 21, 2025. This patent earned 27 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17675, the photograph of Kirimaji Double Blue Velvet printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17675, 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
PP17675
Filed
November 21, 2005
Granted
May 1, 2007
Expires
December 18, 2025
Assignee
KIRIN BREWERY
Inventor
TAKESHITA DAIGAKU; YAMADA SAORI

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Kirimaji Double Blue Velvet’, characterized by its double-type, dark violet-colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, excellent branching characteristics, and vigorous, low mounded and cascading 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 ‘Kirimaji Double Blue Velvet’, substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17675 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.