US Plant Patent PP4290
British Gold
Chrysanthemum named British Gold
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 30, 1997. 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
- PP4290
- Filed
- March 30, 1977
- Granted
- August 8, 1978
- Expires
- March 30, 1997
- Assignee
- PAN AMERICAN PLANT CO
- Inventor
- SHOESMITH LEONARD H
Abstract
{PG,1 A new and distinct variety of chrysanthemum plant for greenhouse culture characterized by the golden bronze color of the ray florets of its medium size flowers and its decorative flower form which does not reflex, its 10-week photoperiod response, its spreading pot plant habit with an abundant production of small to medium size foliage, and its very good breaking ability when manually pinched.
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 chrysanthemum plant, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by the golden bronze coloring of its medium size flowers the form of which does not reflex, the medium to tall vigor of the plant growth, and its spreading pot plant habit with a very good breaking ability when manually pinched.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4290 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.