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US Plant Patent PP16355

Suncopablue

Petunia plant named ‘Suncopablue’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 8, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 25, 2024. This patent earned 136 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16355, the photograph of Suncopablue printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16355, 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
PP16355
Filed
March 25, 2004
Granted
March 21, 2006
Expires
August 8, 2024
Assignee
KEISEI ROSE NURSERIES INC
Inventor
ISHIHARA TAKURO; IWAKI KAZUNARI; MIYAZAKI KIYOSHI; MIYANO SHINYA

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a new and distinct variety of Petunia plant having a decumbent habit and short 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 vivid purple color. The inside color of the corolla throat is brilliant purple and the outside of the corolla tube is moderate purple. The plant exhibits high resistance to heat, cold, rain 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 ‘Suncopablue’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16355 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.