US Plant Patent PP15866

Kakegawa AU11

Osteospermum plant named ‘Kakegawa AU11’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 30, 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 141 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP15866
Filed: February 10, 2004
Granted: July 19, 2005
Expires: June 30, 2024
Assignee: SAKATA SEED CORP
Inventor: KAWASHIMA MORIYA

Abstract

An Osteospermum cultivar particularly distinguished by its light 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.

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