US Plant Patent PP16726

Sunphlore

Phlox plant named ‘Sunphlore’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 28, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 28, 2025. This patent earned 61 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16726
Filed: March 28, 2005
Granted: June 27, 2006
Expires: May 28, 2025
Assignee: SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor: MIYAZAKI KIYOSHI; MISATO TOMOYA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Sunphlore’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching and vigorous growth habit; bright red purple-colored flowers; 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 ‘Sunphlore’, as illustrated and described.

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