US Plant Patent PP11785
Sirius
Osteospermum plant named ‘Sirius’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 14, 2019. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP11785
- Filed
- April 14, 1999
- Granted
- February 20, 2001
- Expires
- April 14, 2019
- Assignee
- INNOVAPLANT GMBH & CO KG
- Inventor
- BERRES MARCUS
Abstract
A distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Sirius’, characterized by its mostly upright plant habit; freely branching; good vigor; early and continuous flowering; large inflorescences with intense dark purple ray florets; and good summer performance.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Sirius’, as illustrated and described.
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