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US Plant Patent PP17156

Cacao Choco Sanse 35

Cosmos plant named ‘Cacao Choco Sanse 35’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 22, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 6, 2025. This patent earned 16 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17156, the photograph of Cacao Choco Sanse 35 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17156, 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
PP17156
Filed
January 6, 2005
Granted
October 17, 2006
Expires
January 22, 2025
Assignee
MIYOSHI & CO LTD
Inventor
ICHIBA KAORI

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Cosmos, named ‘Cacao Choco Sanse 35’, characterized by a very vigorous branching habit, abundance of flowers, high hardiness with high heat resistance, low susceptibility to powdery mildew and mites, large flower size, delayed bloom after pinching and distinctive red color of the flower.

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 Cosmos plant, identified as ‘Cacao Choco Sanse 35’, substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17156 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.