US Plant Patent PP16152
Kakegawa CY4
Portulaca plant named ‘Kakegawa CY4’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 30, 2022. 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
- PP16152
- Filed
- January 30, 2002
- Granted
- December 13, 2005
- Expires
- January 30, 2022
- Assignee
- SAKATA SEED CORP
- Inventor
- BESSHO MASAO
Abstract
Portulaca ‘Kakegawa CY4’ is a new variety of Portulaca oleracea. This plant has a vigorous, spreading plant growth which produces unique purple color with yellow edges on the flowers.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
1. A new and distinct Portulaca plant as shown and described herein.
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