US Plant Patent PP13218

M8/20

Argyranthemum plant named ‘M8/20’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 8, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 4, 2021. This patent earned 4 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13218, the photograph of M8/20 printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13218, 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: PP13218
Filed: June 4, 2001
Granted: November 12, 2002
Expires: June 8, 2021
Inventor: HAMMOND FRANCIS WILLIAM

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Argyranthemum plant named ‘M8/20’, characterized by its compact and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit, dense and bushy plants; very freely flowering with numerous inflorescences per plant; purple red-colored ray florets that fade to pale pink with age; and unique semi-double inflorescence form.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Argyranthemum plant named ‘M8/20’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13218 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.