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US Plant Patent PP18066

Shiela

Osteospermum plant named ‘Shiela’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 31, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 19, 2025. This patent earned 43 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18066, the photograph of Shiela printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18066, 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
PP18066
Filed
July 19, 2005
Granted
September 25, 2007
Expires
August 31, 2025
Assignee
SUNNY GRONNEGYDEN APS
Inventor
LARSEN BJARNE NYHOLM

Abstract

A new distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Shiela’, characterized by short, dense and bushy plant form with inverse pyramidal shape; more upright stems and differently shaped leaves; more large, upright inflorescences per plant consisting of ray florets that are primarily orange-red in color with red-purple color at base, and dark red-purple disc florets; and vigorous 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 named ‘Shiela’, as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18066 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.