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US Plant Patent PP16251

Sunny Henry

Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Henry’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 28, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 1, 2024. This patent earned 88 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16251, the photograph of Sunny Henry printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16251, 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
PP16251
Filed
March 1, 2004
Granted
February 14, 2006
Expires
May 28, 2024
Assignee
SUNNY GRONNEGYDEN APS
Inventor
LARSEN BJARNE N

Abstract

A new distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Henry’, characterized by white ray floret color 158D with slight green-yellow tinge, RHS 1B, to pure white, RHS 155D; dense and bushy plant form, mainly due to upright stems; vigorous growth habit; 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 Henry’, as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16251 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.