US Plant Patent PP4752
Cougar
Chrysanthemum named Cougar
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 18, 2000. 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
- PP4752
- Filed
- July 18, 1980
- Granted
- July 21, 1981
- Expires
- July 18, 2000
- Assignee
- PAN AMERICAN PLANT CO
- Inventor
- SHOESMITH LEONARD H
Abstract
A new chrysanthemum variety having a profuse production of unique and pleasing bronze flowers of medium size, borne on rigid stems above an abundant growth of dark green foliage. This plant is suitable for fall garden culture, with a medium response, as well as for year-round four inch pot production with a late eight week response. Its vigorous growth forms a mound of color providing a pleasing and attractive display when blooming in the fall garden.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new variety of chrysanthemum plant for the fall garden, substantially as herein shown and described, particularly characterized by its profuse production of medium sized flowers having a unique bronze coloration and which form a mound shaped display; by its vigorous growth and caespitose habits; and by its adaptability to year-round pot production under photoperiod culture.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4752 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.