US Plant Patent PP12979

MP19

Petunia plant named ‘MP19’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 19, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 10, 2021. This patent earned 39 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12979, the photograph of MP19 printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12979, 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: PP12979
Filed: April 10, 2001
Granted: September 17, 2002
Expires: May 19, 2021
Assignee: NUFLORA INT PTY LTD
Inventor: BROWN GRAHAM NOEL

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘MP19’, characterized by its compact, uniform cascading and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely and continuous branching habit; small leaves; and numerous small light blue purple-colored flowers with dark purple-colored throat, tube and venation.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘MP19’, as illustrated and described.

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