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US Plant Patent PP16687

Sunsenebabu

Senecio plant named ‘Sunsenebabu’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 18, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 30, 2024. This patent earned 49 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16687, the photograph of Sunsenebabu printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16687, 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
PP16687
Filed
March 30, 2004
Granted
June 20, 2006
Expires
May 18, 2024
Assignee
SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor
MIYAZAKI KIYOSHI

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a new variety of Senecio plant having a semi-dwarf, obconical shape with abundant branching and small leaves. The capitula are single and small, the ray florets have a vivid violet color and the disc floret color is brilliant violet. The blooming time is early and flowering duration is longer than Senecio cruentus. ‘Sunsenebabu’ has low fertility.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new variety of Senecio plant named ‘Sunsenebabu’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16687 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.