US Plant Patent PP27312
USTUN3003
Petunia plant named ‘USTUN3003’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends March 25, 2035.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 1, 2034. This patent earned 175 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP27312
- Filed
- October 1, 2014
- Granted
- October 25, 2016
- Expires
- March 25, 2035
- Assignee
- PLANT 21 LLC, SAKAZAKI USHIO
- Inventor
- SAKAZAKI USHIO
Abstract
A new and distinct Petunia plant named ‘USTUN3003’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading to trailing plant habit; freely branching habit; vigorous growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; dark reddish black-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
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 Petunia plant named ‘USTUN3003’ as illustrated and described.
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