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US Plant Patent PP17703

Sunny Golden Serena

Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Golden Serena’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 5, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 31, 2025. This patent earned 66 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17703, the photograph of Sunny Golden Serena printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17703, 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
PP17703
Filed
March 31, 2005
Granted
May 8, 2007
Expires
June 5, 2025
Assignee
SUNNY GRONNEGYDEN APS
Inventor
LARSEN BJARNE NYHOLM

Abstract

A new distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Golden Serena’, characterized by its unique gray-orange color combination of upper and underside of ray florets: (when opening) upperside RHS 163D with stripes of RHS 164B and underside RHS N163 with stripes of RHS 165A; (fully opened) upperside RHS 164D with stripes of RHS 164A and underside center stripe RHS 165B with margins RHS 164C; upright, compact and globular plant habit; dense and bushy growth habit, mainly due to upright stems; moderately vigorous growth habit, but less need for chemical growth retardation; and high number of inflorescences per plant.

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 Golden Serena’, as illustrated and described herein.

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