US Plant Patent PP14316

Aknik

Osteospermum plant named ‘Aknik’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 31, 2022. 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 PP14316, the photograph of Aknik printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14316, 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: PP14316
Filed: August 31, 2002
Granted: November 25, 2003
Expires: August 31, 2022
Assignee: PAUL ECKE RANCH
Inventor: SORENSEN CARL AKSEL KRAGH

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Aknik’, characterized by its uniformly mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; dark green-colored foliage; and inflorescences with spoon-shaped purple-colored ray 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 ‘Aknik’, as illustrated and described.

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