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US Plant Patent PP9409

Sweet Victory

Petunia plant named `Sweet Victory`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 8, 2014. 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
PP9409
Filed
February 8, 1994
Granted
December 26, 1995
Expires
February 8, 2014
Inventor
ROTHER REINHARD W

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Petunia axillaris plant called "Sweet Victory" is described. The variety is a prostrate, diffuse spreading, viscid glandular pubescent perennial with spreading or handing leaves reaching a length of 1 meter or more. The leaves are ovate and approximately 2-6 cm long×1-2 cm wide; early leaves are commonly larger than later leaves and some early leaves are exceptionally large. The salverform, pendulous flowers have a red purple corolla, purple violet backs of the petals and tube, and blue veins of petals and tube. The variety is tolerant of a wide range of temperatures, especially higher temperatures, has a high growth rate and is ever blooming with a high concentration of blooms.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Petunia axillaris plant named "Sweet Victory" as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9409 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.