US Plant Patent PP12602

Aknam

Osteospermum plant named ‘Aknam’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

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

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 27, 2020. This patent earned 101 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 3 of US plant patent PP12602, the photograph of Aknam printed in the patent. — Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12602, 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: PP12602
Filed: November 27, 2000
Granted: May 7, 2002
Expires: March 8, 2021
Assignee: RANCH PAUL ECKE
Inventor: SORENSEN CARL AKSEL KRAGH

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Aknam’, characterized by its uniformly mounded, outwardly spreading and compact plant habit; very freely branching growth habit; full and dense plants; freely flowering with numerous inflorescences per plant; spoon-shaped ray florets; and white-colored ray and disc florets.

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 Osteospermum plant named ‘Aknam’, as illustrated and described.

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