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US Plant Patent PP19050

Oste Yel

Osteospermum plant named ‘Oste Yel’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 10, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 29, 2026. This patent earned 134 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP19050, the photograph of Oste Yel printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP19050, 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
PP19050
Filed
March 29, 2006
Granted
July 29, 2008
Expires
August 10, 2026
Assignee
GOLDSMITH SEEDS EUROPE BV
Inventor
KAAGMAN PIM

Abstract

An Osteospermum cultivar particularly distinguished by large, deep-yellow inflorescences with brown eyes, green foliage with incised leaves, an upright and medium-sized plant habit, inflorescences that are induced at higher temperatures, continuous flowering throughout the Summer, good heat tolerance, vigorous growth, excellent rooting characteristics and a good shipping ability, is disclosed.

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 PP19050 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.