US Plant Patent PP16345

Suntutuki

Scoparia plant named ‘Suntutuki’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 27, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 14, 2025. This patent earned 44 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16345
Filed: January 14, 2005
Granted: March 14, 2006
Expires: February 27, 2025
Assignee: SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor: MURAKAMI YASUYUKI

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Scoparia plant named ‘Suntutuki’, characterized by its upright, mounded and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching growth habit; very freely flowering habit; small yellow-colored flowers; flowering continuous from spring to late autumn; 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 Scoparia plant named ‘Suntutuki’, as illustrated and described.

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