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US Plant Patent PP16055

Sunrenilapa

Torenia plant named ‘Sunrenilapa’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 3, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 29, 2023. This patent earned 217 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16055, the photograph of Sunrenilapa printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16055, 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
PP16055
Filed
September 29, 2003
Granted
October 25, 2005
Expires
May 3, 2024
Assignee
SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor
IWAKI KAZUNARI

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a Torenia plant that displays large globose flowers having strong purplish-red with moderate purplish-pink petals and a strong reddish-purple floral tube. The plant has a semi-erect growth habit and medium branching. A great profusion of blooms is formed with the entire of plant for a considerable period of time.

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

1. A new and distinct Torenia plant named ‘Sunrenilapa’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16055 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.