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.

The record
- Patent number
- PP16966
- Filed
- January 6, 2005
- Granted
- August 8, 2006
- Expires
- January 6, 2025
- Assignee
- MIYOSHI & CO LTD
- 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.
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