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US Plant Patent PP18481

Duetisuneye

Osteospermum plant named ‘Duetisuneye’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 8, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 7, 2026. This patent earned 90 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18481, the photograph of Duetisuneye printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18481, 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
PP18481
Filed
February 7, 2006
Granted
February 12, 2008
Expires
May 8, 2026
Inventor
DUEMMEN MARGA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Duetisuneye’, characterized by its compact and uniformly mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; full and dense plants; freely and early flowering habit; and large inflorescences with bright yellow-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 ‘Duetisuneye’, as illustrated and described.

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