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US Plant Patent PP15024

Sunchiffon

Petunia plant named ‘Sunchiffon’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 24, 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 31 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15024, the photograph of Sunchiffon printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15024, 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
PP15024
Filed
December 24, 2002
Granted
July 20, 2004
Expires
January 24, 2023
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 growth habit and long stems. The Petunia plant has abundant branching, and a great profusion of blooms with the entire plant remaining in bloom for a considerable period of time. The flowers are single and small in size with the petals having a purplish-pink coloration. The base color of the corolla throat is light greenish-yellow on the inside and the outside of the corolla tube is pale yellow. 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.

We 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 decumbent growth habit with long stems, (B) abundant branching with a great profusion of blooms and the entire plant remaining in bloom for a considerable period of time, (C) flowers that are single and small in size, petals having a purplish-pink coloration with the base of the corolla throat being light greenish-yellow on the inside and the outside color of corolla tube being pale yellow, and (D) a high resistance to rain, heat, cold and diseases.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15024 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.