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US Plant Patent PP15975

Sumost 02

Variety of Osteospermum plant named ‘Sumost 02’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 7, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 6, 2023. This patent earned 31 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15975, the photograph of Sumost 02 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15975, 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
PP15975
Filed
June 6, 2003
Granted
September 20, 2005
Expires
July 7, 2023
Inventor
SCHRAEDER RALF

Abstract

A new and distinct Osteospermum plant that exhibits orange flowers and reddish-purple disc florets.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Osteospermum plant substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15975 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.