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US Plant Patent PP15491

Osoutis

Osteospermum plant named ‘Osoutis’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 26, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 15, 2023. This patent earned 70 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15491, the photograph of Osoutis printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15491, 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
PP15491
Filed
January 15, 2003
Granted
January 25, 2005
Expires
March 26, 2023
Inventor
OUD JOHANNES SIMON NICOLAAS

Abstract

A new Osteospermum plant particularly distinguished by its very compact round plant habit, early flowering with purple colored ray florets and purple colored disc florets.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Osteospermum plant, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15491 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.