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US Plant Patent PP15273

Sunny Cecil

Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Cecil’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 22, 2023. 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 1 of US plant patent PP15273, the photograph of Sunny Cecil printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15273, 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
PP15273
Filed
December 22, 2003
Granted
October 26, 2004
Expires
December 22, 2023
Inventor
LARSEN BJARNE NYHOLM

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Cecil’, characterized by its compact, upright and mounded plant habit; dense and bushy growth habit; freely flowering habit; and white-colored ray florets and dark purple-tipped disc florets.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Cecil’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15273 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.