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US Plant Patent PP16473

Sunny Philip

Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Philip’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 28, 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 35 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16473, the photograph of Sunny Philip printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16473, 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
PP16473
Filed
June 23, 2004
Granted
April 25, 2006
Expires
July 28, 2024
Assignee
SUNNY OSTEOSPERMUM APS
Inventor
LARSEN BJARNE NYHOLM

Abstract

A new distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Philip’, characterized by its large upright purple inflorescences; spatulate ray florets with colors: (upper surfaces) RHS 155A, white to RHS 87B, violet, at base and (underside) RHS 86C, violet to RHS 85D, violet at base; compact and bushy plant form, mainly due to upright stems; moderately vigorous growth habit, but less need for chemical growth retardation; and high number of large 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 Philip’, as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16473 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.