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US Plant Patent PP16389

Sunny Mary

Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Mary’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 1, 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 8 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16389, the photograph of Sunny Mary printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16389, 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
PP16389
Filed
June 23, 2004
Granted
March 28, 2006
Expires
July 1, 2024
Assignee
SUNNY OSTEOSPERMUM APS
Inventor
LARSEN BJARNE NYHOLM

Abstract

A new distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Mary’, characterized by its large upright purple inflorescences, ray floret colors: Ray florets from RHS 71A, red-purple with stripes of RHS 59A, purple to RHS 67A red-purple with stripes of RHS 72A, red-purple; dense and bushy plant form, mainly due to more upright stems; and compact plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit, but less need for chemical growth retardation; and fewer and smaller 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 Mary’, as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16389 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.