US Plant Patent PP5062
Burgundy
Chrysanthemum named Burgundy
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired October 22, 2001. 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
- PP5062
- Filed
- October 22, 1981
- Granted
- June 21, 1983
- Expires
- October 22, 2001
- Assignee
- PAN AMERICAN PLANT CO
- Inventor
- SHOESMITH LEONARD H
Abstract
A new and distinct dark pink decorative chrysanthemum intended for five inch or six inch pots and having an almost completely double composite inflorescence with slightly quilled florets that reveal a pale pink under side, the blooms being of medium size and profusely produced to provide a mound of color above an abundant display of foliage. This plant may be ground the year around with a nine-week response, having its best performance from April through December.
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 dark pink decorative chrysanthemum, substantially as herein shown and described, particularly characterized by the slightly quilled formation of its ray florets which reveal the pale pink coloration of the under side, and its adaptability for five or six inch pot culture the year around under photoperiod control.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5062 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.