US Plant Patent PP16409

Usuzumi

Petunia plant named ‘Usuzumi’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 8, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 14, 2025. This patent earned 84 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16409, the photograph of Usuzumi printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16409, 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: PP16409
Filed: January 14, 2005
Granted: April 4, 2006
Expires: April 8, 2025
Assignee: SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor: SUGII AKEMI

Abstract

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

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 named ‘Usuzumi’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16409 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.