US Plant Patent PP16749

Cefortuna

Aster plant named ‘Cefortuna’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 31, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 3, 2024. This patent earned 89 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16749, the photograph of Cefortuna printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16749, 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: PP16749
Filed: November 3, 2004
Granted: July 4, 2006
Expires: January 31, 2025
Assignee: CHRYSANTHEMUM BREEDERS ASS NV
Inventor: VAN STRAALEN HARRY W M; POLAND WILFRIED J

Abstract

An Aster plant named ‘Cefortuna’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with purple ray-florets and yellow disc florets, which can be propagated by means of cuttings from cuttings and produced with a short period.

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 Aster plant as described and illustrated.

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