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US Plant Patent PP16564

Sunny Elizabeth

Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Elizabeth’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 26, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 23, 2024. This patent earned 64 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16564, the photograph of Sunny Elizabeth printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16564, 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
PP16564
Filed
June 23, 2004
Granted
May 23, 2006
Expires
August 26, 2024
Assignee
SUNNY OSTEOSPERMUM APS
Inventor
LARSEN BJARNE NYHOLM

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Elizabeth’, characterized by its large upright purple inflorescences; ray floret colors: rays have stripes of RHS 155A, white, and RHS 68A red-purple, with base and tip RHS 67A; dense and bushy plant form, mainly due to upright and strong stems, and compact plant habit; and moderately vigorous growth habit, but less need for chemical growth retardation.

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 ‘Sunny Elizabeth’, as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16564 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.