US Plant Patent PP16979

Kakegawa AU16

Osteospermum plant named ‘Kakegawa AU16’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 18, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 10, 2025. This patent earned 8 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16979
Filed: February 10, 2005
Granted: August 8, 2006
Expires: February 18, 2025
Assignee: SAKATA SEED CORP
Inventor: KAWASHIMA MORIYA

Abstract

‘Kakegawa AU16’ is a new Osteospermum cultivar particularly distinguished by its non-fading purple inflorescence color, basal branching 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.

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