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US Plant Patent PP16966

Strawberry Choco Sanse 41

Cosmos plant named ‘Strawberry Choco Sanse 41’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 6, 2025. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16966, the photograph of Strawberry Choco Sanse 41 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16966, 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
PP16966
Filed
January 6, 2005
Granted
August 8, 2006
Expires
January 6, 2025
Inventor
ICHIBA KAORI

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Cosmos, named ‘Strawberry Choco Sanse 41’, 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 ‘Strawberry Choco Sanse 41’, substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16966 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.