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US Plant Patent PP15954

Sumsan 01

Variety of Sanvitalia plant named ‘Sumsan 01’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 19, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 3, 2023. This patent earned 108 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15954, the photograph of Sumsan 01 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15954, 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
PP15954
Filed
March 3, 2003
Granted
September 13, 2005
Expires
June 19, 2023
Inventor
SCHRAEDER RALF

Abstract

A new and distinct early flowering Sanvitalia plant with bright yellow-orange colored flowers.

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 Sanvitalia plant substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15954 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.