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US Plant Patent PP16893

Kakegawa AU15

Osteospermum plant named ‘Kakegawa AU15’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 10, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16893, the photograph of Kakegawa AU15 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16893, 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
PP16893
Filed
February 10, 2005
Granted
July 25, 2006
Expires
February 10, 2025
Assignee
SAKATA SEED CORP
Inventor
KAWASHIMA MORIYA

Abstract

‘Kakegawa AU15’ is a new Osteospermum cultivar particularly distinguished by its pinkish-purple inflorescence color and compact growth habit.

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 PP16893 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.