US Plant Patent PP4456
Alpine
Chrysanthemum named Alpine
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired October 26, 1998. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP4456
- Filed
- October 26, 1978
- Granted
- August 28, 1979
- Expires
- October 26, 1998
- Assignee
- PAN AMERICAN PLANT CO
- Inventor
- SHOESMITH LEONARD H
Abstract
A new pot chrysanthemum cultivar distinguished by its large white blooms having light cream centers and its decorative flower form with firm ray florets which have good shelf life, and by its upright plant habit with durable foliage and strong stems providing a plant which performs well when flowered year around on tall treatment.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of pot chrysanthemum, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its decorative flower form with large white blooms having light cream centers, by its upright plant habit, durable foliage and strong stems, its 9 week response, and its good performance when flowered year around on tall treatment.
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