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US Plant Patent PP16634

Sunsenebare

Senecio plant named ‘Sunsenebare’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 12, 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 73 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16634, the photograph of Sunsenebare printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16634, 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
PP16634
Filed
March 31, 2004
Granted
June 13, 2006
Expires
June 12, 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 small, the ray florets and the disc florets having vivid reddish purple color. The blooming time is early and flowering duration is longer than Senecio cruentus. ‘Sunsenebare’ 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 ‘Sunsenebare’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16634 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.