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US Plant Patent PP17536

Yoder Joy

Carnation plant named ‘Yoder Joy’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 26, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17536, the photograph of Yoder Joy printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17536, 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
PP17536
Filed
August 26, 2005
Granted
March 27, 2007
Expires
August 26, 2025
Assignee
YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor
VANDENBERG CORNELIS P

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Carnation plant named ‘Yoder Joy’, characterized by its white-colored flowers with purple-colored picotee petal margins and random spots and streaks; freely flowering habit with about eight to ten flowers per flowering stem; slightly fragrant flowers; strong calyxes that resist splitting; good postproduction longevity with flowers maintaining good substance and color for about ten days in an interior environment after shipping; and resistance to Fusarium oxysporum .

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 Carnation plant named ‘Yoder Joy’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17536 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.