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US Plant Patent PP16714

Sunsenebapiba

Senecio plant named ‘Sunsenebapiba’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 5, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 31, 2024. This patent earned 96 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16714, the photograph of Sunsenebapiba printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16714, 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
PP16714
Filed
March 31, 2004
Granted
June 27, 2006
Expires
July 5, 2024
Assignee
SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor
MIYAZAKI KIYOSHI

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a new variety of Senecio plant having a semi-dwarf, obconical shaped with abundant branching and small leaves. The capitula are single and medium size, the ray florets having strong reddish purple with white center coloration. The blooming time is early and flowering duration is longer than Senecio cruentus . ‘Sunsenebapiba’ 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 ‘Sunsenebapiba’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16714 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.