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US Plant Patent PP13987

Kakegawa AU8

Osteospermum plant named ‘Kakegawa AU8’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 9, 2021. 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 3 of US plant patent PP13987, the photograph of Kakegawa AU8 printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP13987, 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
PP13987
Filed
October 9, 2001
Granted
July 15, 2003
Expires
October 9, 2021
Assignee
SAKATA SEED CORP
Inventor
KANNO MASAO

Abstract

An Osteospermum plant particularly distinguished by its violet 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.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct Osteospermum plant as shown and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13987 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.