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US Plant Patent PP16358

Sunpurple

Petunia plant named ‘Sunpurple’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 11, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 26, 2024. This patent earned 75 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16358, the photograph of Sunpurple printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16358, 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
PP16358
Filed
February 26, 2004
Granted
March 21, 2006
Expires
May 11, 2024
Assignee
KEISEI ROSE NURSERIES INC
Inventor
IWAKI KAZUNARI; ISHIHARA TAKURO; MIYAZAKI KIYOSHI; SUZUKI KENICHI; MIYANO SHINYA

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a new and distinct variety of Petunia plant named ‘Sunpurple’ having a decumbent growth habit and long stems. ‘Sunpurple’ has abundant branching, and great profusion of blooms, the whole plant remaining in bloom for a considerable period of time. The flowers are single and medium size, the petals having vivid reddish purple color. The bottom and the outside color of the corolla throat is deep reddish purple. The plant exhibits high resistance to heat, cold, rain and diseases.

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 ‘Sunpurple’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16358 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.