US Plant Patent PP14140

Dittsun

Sanvitalia plant named ‘Dittsun’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 10, 2022. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14140, the photograph of Dittsun printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14140, 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: PP14140
Filed: May 10, 2002
Granted: September 16, 2003
Expires: May 10, 2022
Inventor: DITTMAR HUGO

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Sanvitalia plant named ‘Dittsun’, characterized by its compact, low mounded and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit and short internodes, dense and bushy plants; dark green foliage; freely flowering habit with flowers held just above and beyond the foliage; and single daisy inflorescence form with yellow-colored ray florets.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Sanvitalia plant named ‘Dittsun’, as illustrated and described.

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