US Plant Patent PP16786

Sunsurflala

Petunia plant named ‘Sunsurflala’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 5, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 28, 2025. This patent earned 38 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16786
Filed: March 28, 2005
Granted: July 11, 2006
Expires: May 5, 2025
Assignee: SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor: IWAKI KAZUNARI; ISHIHARA TAKURO; MIYANO SHINYA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Sunsurflala’, characterized by its outwardly spreading, mounded and decumbent plant habit; vigorous and freely branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; light purple-colored flowers with dark purple-colored venation; long flowering period; and good garden performance.

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

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