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US Plant Patent PP15560

Sunrenilahopas

Torenia plant named ‘Sunrenilahopas’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 26, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15560, the photograph of Sunrenilahopas printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15560, 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
PP15560
Filed
December 26, 2002
Granted
February 15, 2005
Expires
December 26, 2022
Assignee
SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor
IWAKI KAZUNARI

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a Torenia plant having large flowers, yellowish-white petals with a yellow blotch and a red-purple floral tube. The plant has a semi-decumbent growth habit, medium branching and a great profusion of blooms. The entire plant remains in bloom for a considerable period of time. The plants grows and flowers well in shaded areas.

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 Torenia plant, substantially as herein illustrated and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by (A) has a semidecumbent growth habit with medium branching, (B) forms large flowers with a great profusion of blooms and the entire plant remaining in bloom for considerable period of time, (C) displays flower petals that are yellowish-white with a yellow blotch and a red-purple floral tube, (D) displays moderate resistance to drought, diseases and pests and strong resistance to heat, and (E) grows and flowers well in shaded areas.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15560 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.