US Plant Patent PP4510
Anthem
Chrysanthemum named Anthem
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
- PP4510
- Filed
- October 26, 1978
- Granted
- March 11, 1980
- Expires
- October 26, 1998
- Assignee
- PAN AMERICAN PLANT CO
- Inventor
- SHOESMITH LEONARD H
Abstract
A new cultivar of pot chrysanthemum characterized by its single flower form with several rows of medium pink ray florets which have very good substance and long life, its abundant production of blooms when grown as a spray pot, its minimal pollen production, and its ability for year around flowering 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 distinctive cultivar of pot chrysanthemum, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its single flower form with several rows of medium pink ray florets, and its abundant production of blooms having minimal pollen when grown as a spray pot plant, and by its relatively upright pot habit with strong stems and good breaking ability.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4510 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.