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US Plant Patent PP16209

Sunbabuve

Petunia plant named ‘Sunbabuve’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 17, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 29, 2024. This patent earned 80 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16209, the photograph of Sunbabuve printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16209, 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
PP16209
Filed
March 29, 2004
Granted
January 24, 2006
Expires
June 17, 2024
Assignee
SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor
MIYAZAKI KIYOSHI; IWAKI KAZUNARI; ISHIHARA TAKURO

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a new and distinct variety of Petunia plant having a decumbent habit and long, spindly stems. The Petunia plant has abundant branching, and a great profusion of blooms, the whole plant remaining in bloom for a considerable period of time. The flowers are single and small, the petals having a very pale purple color with vivid purple vein. The inside color of the corolla throat is brilliant purple and the outside of the corolla tube is light purple. The plant exhibits high resistance to rain, heat, cold and disease.

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 ‘Sunbabuve’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16209 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.