US Plant Patent PP12297
Santis 999-3
Sanvitalia named ‘Santis 999-3’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 23, 2019. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP12297
- Filed
- November 23, 1999
- Granted
- December 18, 2001
- Expires
- November 23, 2019
- Assignee
- SYNGENTA SEEDS BV
- Inventor
- HOUBRAKEN ANNA M W P
Abstract
A new "Sanvitalia' plant particularly distinguished by its proliferous character, dark leaves, stems with anthocyanin, good floridity with bright yellow flowers and green center. Flowering time is almost year round, depending on the growing conditions (especially temperature).
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Sanvitalia plant, substantially as herein illustrated and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by its dark green leaves, stems with anthocyanin, and bright yellow flowers with green center and year-round flowering period, depending on the temperature.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12297 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.