US Plant Patent PP17214

San Yel

Sanvitalia plant named ‘San Yel’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 2, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 31, 2025. This patent earned 2 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17214
Filed: August 31, 2005
Granted: November 14, 2006
Expires: September 2, 2025
Assignee: GOLDSMITH SEEDS INC
Inventor: GIESEN ERIC

Abstract

A new Sanvitalia plant particularly distinguished by its compact, low mounding, and spreading habit, early flowering, large flowers, good vigor, and good branching habit is disclosed.

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 Sanvitalia plant as shown and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17214 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.