US Plant Patent PP16866

MP221

Petunia plant named ‘MP221’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 26, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 28, 2025. This patent earned 29 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16866
Filed: March 28, 2005
Granted: July 25, 2006
Expires: April 26, 2025
Assignee: NUFLORA INT PTY LTD
Inventor: BROWN GRAHAM NOEL

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘MP221’, characterized by its compact, low mounding and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching and vigorous growth habit; numerous small light purple-colored flowers; and good garden performance.

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 ‘MP221’, as illustrated and described.

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