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US Plant Patent PP16998

Sunmarisakura

Verbena plant named ‘Sunmarisakura’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 28, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 27, 2024. This patent earned 1 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16998, the photograph of Sunmarisakura printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16998, 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
PP16998
Filed
February 27, 2004
Granted
August 15, 2006
Expires
February 28, 2024
Assignee
SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor
SUZUKI KENICHI; YOMO YASUNORI; TAKAMURA NAOTO

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a Verbena plant having a decumbent growth habit and long stems. The plant forms flowers in clusters with a great profusion of blooms. The flowering duration is long and the entire plant remains in bloom for a considerable period of time. The flower size is large and the petal color of flowers is light purplish pink. The plant is highly tolerant to heat, pests and diseases, particularly powdery mildew, and is moderately resistant to cold. ‘Sunmarisakura’ does not freely set seed due to self-sterility.

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 Verbena hybrida plant named ‘Sunmarisakura’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16998 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.