US Plant Patent PP15210
Santasol
Sanvitalia plant named ‘Santasol’ (S&G 30038)
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 3, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 15, 2023. This patent earned 139 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP15210
- Filed
- January 15, 2003
- Granted
- October 12, 2004
- Expires
- June 3, 2023
- Assignee
- SYNGENTA SEEDS BV
- Inventor
- HOUBRAKEN ANNA M W P
Abstract
A distinct cultivar of Sanvitalia plant named ‘Santasol’ (S&G 30038) which is particularly distinguished by its very dark foliage, compact plant habit, and constant floridity during summer, also under South European conditions.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Sanvitalia plant, substantially as illustrated and described herein.
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