US Plant Patent PP15816

Kakegawa AU12

Osteospermum plant named ‘Kakegawa AU12’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 9, 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 120 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP15816
Filed: February 10, 2004
Granted: June 28, 2005
Expires: June 9, 2024
Assignee: SAKATA SEED CORP
Inventor: KAWASHIMA MORIYA

Abstract

An Osteospermum cultivar particularly distinguished by its yellow 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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