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US Plant Patent PP16440

Sunraspberry

Petunia plant named ‘Sunraspberry’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 26, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 5, 2025. This patent earned 49 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16440, the photograph of Sunraspberry printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16440, 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
PP16440
Filed
February 5, 2005
Granted
April 11, 2006
Expires
March 26, 2025
Assignee
SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor
IWAKI KAZUNARI; ISHIHARA TAKURO; MIYANO SHINYA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Sunraspberry’, characterized by its outwardly spreading and decumbent plant habit; vigorous and freely branching growth habit; relatively small leaves; numerous light pink-colored flowers with red purple-colored venation; long flowering period; and good garden performance.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Sunraspberry’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16440 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.