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US Plant Patent PP15094

Sunbelkos

Petunia plant named ‘Sunbelkos’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 28, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 24, 2022. This patent earned 66 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15094, the photograph of Sunbelkos printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15094, 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
PP15094
Filed
December 24, 2002
Granted
August 24, 2004
Expires
February 28, 2023
Assignee
SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor
MURAKAMI YASUYUKI

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a new and distinct variety of Petunia plant, having a semi-decumbent habit. The Petunia plant has abundant branching, particularly with respect to secondary branching, and great profusion of blooms with the entire plant remaining in bloom for a considerable period of time. The flowers are single and very small with the petals having a deep purplish pink˜strong purplish pink ground color with a dark red center margin. The base color of the corolla throat is brilliant greenish yellow and the outside of the corolla tube is moderate olive. The plant exhibits high resistance to rain, heat, drought and diseases such as powdery mildew.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Petunia plant, substantially as herein illustrated and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by (A) having a semi-decumbent growth habit, (B) great profusion of blooms with the entire plant remaining in bloom for a considerable period of time, (C) flowers are single and very small, petals have a deep purplish pink˜strong purplish pink ground color with a dark red center margin, and (D) a high resistance to rain, heat, drought and disease such as powdery mildew.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15094 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.