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US Plant Patent PP15931

Sunbapive

Petunia plant named ‘Sunbapive’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 9, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 30, 2023. This patent earned 102 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15931, the photograph of Sunbapive printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15931, 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
PP15931
Filed
October 30, 2003
Granted
August 30, 2005
Expires
February 9, 2024
Assignee
SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor
MIYAZAKI KIYOSHI; IWAKI KAZUNARI; ISHIHARA TAKURO

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a new and distinct variety of a Petunia plant having a decumbent growth habit and long 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 deep purplish pink color with strong reddish purple vein. The bottom color of the corolla throat is dark purple and the outside of the corolla tube is moderate 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 ‘Sunbapive’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15931 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.