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US Plant Patent PP15938

Duesumpink

Osteospermum plant named ‘Duesumpink’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 23, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 1, 2024. This patent earned 83 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15938, the photograph of Duesumpink printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15938, 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
PP15938
Filed
June 1, 2004
Granted
September 6, 2005
Expires
August 23, 2024
Inventor
DUEMMEN MARGA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Duesumpink’, characterized by its compact and uniformly mounded plant habit; Freely branching growth habit; freely and early flowering habit; and inflorescences with light purple-colored ray florets.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Duesumpink’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15938 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.