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US Plant Patent PP16357

Susenerabu

Senecio plant named ‘Susenerabu’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 30, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 30, 2023. This patent earned 92 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16357, the photograph of Susenerabu printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16357, 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
PP16357
Filed
June 30, 2003
Granted
March 21, 2006
Expires
September 30, 2023
Assignee
SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor
MIYAZAKI KIYOSHI

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a Senecio plant named ‘Sunsenerabu’, which is tall and dome-shaped with abundant branching. Petiole length is longer than Senecio L. It has a large inflorescence cluster. Capitula is a single inflorescence with small obscure marginal variegation. The color of the ray florets is light violet and the color of the disc florets is strong violet. Blooming term is longer than Senecio cruentus. Flower buds grow one after another from the axil.

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

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

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16357 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.