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US Plant Patent PP17372

Sutcatrabl

Sutera plant named ‘Sutcatrabl’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 7, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 2, 2024. This patent earned 187 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17372, the photograph of Sutcatrabl printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17372, 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
PP17372
Filed
December 2, 2004
Granted
January 23, 2007
Expires
June 7, 2025
Inventor
STEMKENS HENRICUS G W

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Sutera plant particularly distinguished by its very big blue flowers, early to flower, thick stems and a growing habit that is spreading and trailing.

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 Sutera plant named ‘Sutcatrabl’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17372 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.