US Plant Patent PP18414

Cotton Candy

Argyranthemum plant named ‘Cotton Candy’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 2, 2026. 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP18414
Filed: June 2, 2006
Granted: January 8, 2008
Expires: June 2, 2026
Assignee: AMERINOVA PROPERTIES LLC
Inventor: CUNNEEN THOMAS M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Argyranthemum plant named ‘Cotton Candy’, particularly characterized by its mounded, decorative inflorescence type in which the ray florets become progressively shorter in length toward the center to produce a ruffled appearance and a mounded effect, light-pink inflorescence color, dense flowering on short stems, and compact growing habit.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Argyranthemum plant named ‘Cotton Candy’, as illustrated and described.

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