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US Plant Patent PP10045

Sunvale

Petunia plant named Sunvale

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 15, 2016. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record

Patent number
PP10045
Filed
July 15, 1996
Granted
September 30, 1997
Expires
July 15, 2016
Inventor
ROTHER REINHARD W

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named `Sunvale`, characterized by its large light purple flowers that face upwards; compact growth habit and moderate growth rate; somewhat upright, but spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; early flowering; very floriferous with numerous flowers per plant; and tolerance to rain, drought and temperature extremes.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named `Sunvale`, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10045 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.