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US Plant Patent PP16588

Temari

Petunia plant named ‘Temari’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 9, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 17, 2024. This patent earned 143 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16588, the photograph of Temari printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16588, 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
PP16588
Filed
November 17, 2004
Granted
May 30, 2006
Expires
April 9, 2025
Inventor
GOTO KOJI; GOTO FUSAKO; GOTO SUSUMU

Abstract

A Petunia cultivar particularly distinguished by a purple flower with a dark purple edge, decumbent growth habit and small flower diameter.

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 as shown and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16588 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.