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US Plant Patent PP15480

Whip Pur

Petunia plant named ‘Whip Pur’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 5, 2024. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15480, the photograph of Whip Pur printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15480, 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
PP15480
Filed
April 5, 2004
Granted
January 18, 2005
Expires
April 5, 2024
Inventor
HANES MITCHELL

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Whip Pur’, characterized by its low trailing, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; single flowers that are red purple in color; 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 ‘Whip Pur’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15480 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.