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US Plant Patent PP12778

Kakegawa AU3

Osteospermum plant named ‘Kakegawa AU3’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 8, 2020. 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 PP12778, the photograph of Kakegawa AU3 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12778, 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
PP12778
Filed
September 8, 2000
Granted
July 16, 2002
Expires
September 8, 2020
Inventor
KANNO MASAO

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Osteospermum fruticosum (L.) Norl plant named "Kakegawa AU3'. This new plant has a suitable form for pot culture and also possesses large red-purple flowers that stay open into the evening hours or under low light conditions.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct plant of the Compositae family, Osteospermum fruticosum (L.) Norl., herein referred to by the name ‘Kakegawa AU3’, as

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12778 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.