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US Plant Patent PP15761

Kakegawa AU10

Osteospermum plant named ‘Kakegawa AU10’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 18, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 10, 2024. This patent earned 37 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15761, the photograph of Kakegawa AU10 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15761, 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
PP15761
Filed
February 10, 2004
Granted
May 10, 2005
Expires
March 18, 2024
Inventor
KAWASHIMA MORIYA

Abstract

An Osteospermum cultivar particularly distinguished by its purple-pink flower color and tendency to hold flowers open later in the evening.

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, as shown and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15761 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.