US Plant Patent PP16361

Sunphlopin

Phlox plant named ‘Sunphlopin’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 20, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 22, 2025. This patent earned 57 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16361
Filed: January 22, 2005
Granted: March 21, 2006
Expires: March 20, 2025
Assignee: SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor: MIYAZAKI KIYOSHI

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Sunphlopin’, characterized by its upright and uniformly mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy growth habit; attractive red purple-colored flowers with darker red purple-colored centers; freely and continuous flowering habit; tolerance to high temperatures; 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 Phlox plant named ‘Sunphlopin’, as illustrated and described.

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