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US Plant Patent PP17869

Starbini

Sanvitalia plant named ‘Starbini’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 12, 2025. 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 PP17869, the photograph of Starbini printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17869, 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
PP17869
Filed
December 12, 2005
Granted
July 17, 2007
Expires
December 12, 2025
Assignee
INNOVAPLANT GMBH & CO KG
Inventor
DITTMAR HUGO

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Sanvitalia plant named ‘Starbini’, characterized by its compact, outwardly spreading and low-mounded plant habit; freely branching habit and short internodes, dense and bushy plants; dark green-colored foliage; long and freely flowering habit with flowers held just above and beyond the foliage; and single daisy inflorescence form with yellow-colored ray florets.

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 Sanvitalia plant named ‘Starbini’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17869 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.