US Plant Patent PP16468
Sunrovein
Petunia plant named ‘Sunrovein’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 20, 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 23 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP16468
- Filed
- February 26, 2004
- Granted
- April 18, 2006
- Expires
- March 20, 2024
- Assignee
- KEISEI ROSE NURSERIES INC
- Inventor
- MIYAZAKI KIYOSHI; IWAKI KAZUNARI; ISHIHARA TAKURO; SUZUKI KENICHI
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a new and distinct variety of Petunia plant having a decumbent growth habit. The Petunia plant 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 purplish red color with deep purplish red vein. The bottom color of the corolla throat is moderate purplish red and the outside of the corolla tube is light purplish pink. The plant exhibits high resistance to rain, heat, cold 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 hybrida plant named ‘Sunrovein’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.
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