US Plant Patent PP6915
Revolution Purplepink
Petunia plant `Revolution Purplepink`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 6, 2008. 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
- PP6915
- Filed
- April 6, 1988
- Granted
- July 11, 1989
- Expires
- April 6, 2008
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a decumbent type petunia plant having long stems and large leaves. The plant has abundant branching and a great profusion of blooms, and the whole bush remains in bloom for a considerable period of time. The flowers are single and large and the petals have a somewhat metallic luster and a vivid reddish purple color with strong reddish purple lines radiating from a small brilliant purple area closely proximate to a pale to light yellow green center portion. The plant is highly resistant to rain, heat, and drought.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of petunia plant, substantially as herein illustrated and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by (A) being a decumbent habit plant having long stems and large leaves, (B) an abundant branching and a great profusion of blooms, the whole bush remaining in bloom for a considerable period of time, (C) flowers that are single and large, the petals having a somewhat metallic luster and a vivid reddish purple color with strong reddish purple lines radiating from a small brilliant purple area closely proximate to a pale to light yellow green center portion, and (D) a high resistance to rain, heat, and drought.
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