US Plant Patent PP12684

Akope

Osteospermum plant named ‘Akope’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 12, 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 136 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP12684
Filed: November 27, 2000
Granted: June 11, 2002
Expires: April 12, 2021
Assignee: RANCH PAUL ECKE
Inventor: SORENSEN CARL AKSEL KRAGH

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Akope’, characterized by its upright plant habit; very freely branching growth habit; full and dense plants; freely flowering with numerous inflorescences per plant; large inflorescences with salmon pink-colored ray florets and dark burgundy disc florets; and dark green leaves.

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 ‘Akope’, as illustrated and described.

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