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US Plant Patent PP15881

Wessacomp

Sanvitalia plant named ‘Wessacomp’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 20, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 18, 2024. This patent earned 2 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15881, the photograph of Wessacomp printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15881, 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
PP15881
Filed
August 18, 2004
Granted
July 19, 2005
Expires
August 20, 2024
Inventor
WESTHOFF HEINRICH

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Sanvitalia plant named ‘Wessacomp’, characterized by its compact and mostly upright, low mounding plant habit; small dark green-colored leaves; freely branching habit and short internodes; dense and bushy plant form; freely flowering habit; and bright yellow-colored ray florets.

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 named ‘Wessacomp’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15881 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.