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US Plant Patent PP15904

Argydowitis

Argyranthemum frutescens plant named ‘Argydowitis’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 23, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 12, 2023. This patent earned 103 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15904, the photograph of Argydowitis printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15904, 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
PP15904
Filed
November 12, 2003
Granted
August 2, 2005
Expires
February 23, 2024
Assignee
SYNGENTA SEEDS BV
Inventor
HOUBRAKEN ANNEMARIE

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Marguerite Daisy plant named ‘Argydowitis’ characterized by its upright vigorous plant habit, good field performance, large semi-double white flowers, dark green colored leaves, freely flowering with numerous inflorescences per plant.

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 Argyranthemum plant, substantially as herein illustrated and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by its vigorous but sturdy upright plant habit with continuous flowering during the season, large semi-double white flowers and dark green foliage, flowering the whole summer.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15904 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.