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US Plant Patent PP16557

Sunviobuho

Viola plant named ‘Sunviobuho’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 7, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 27, 2024. This patent earned 41 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16557, the photograph of Sunviobuho printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16557, 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
PP16557
Filed
September 27, 2004
Granted
May 16, 2006
Expires
November 7, 2024
Assignee
SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor
MIYAZAKI KIYOSHI; TAKAMURA NAOTO

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a new and distinct variety of Viola cornuta, named ‘Sunviobuho’, which is a vegetatively propagated variety. This new variety has a spreading growth habit with long prostrate stems. This Viola plant has many branches, and great profusion of blooms with the entire plant remaining in bloom for a considerable period of time. It displays dense green foliage, and single, small-sized flowers on long peduncles that are violet-blue and white in coloration. The plant exhibits good resistance to cold, diseases and pests.

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 Viola cornuta plant named ‘Sunviobuho’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16557 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.