US Plant Patent PP4588
Early Yellow
Chrysanthemum named Early Yellow
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 21, 1999. 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
- PP4588
- Filed
- February 21, 1979
- Granted
- August 19, 1980
- Expires
- February 21, 1999
- Assignee
- PAN AMERICAN PLANT CO
- Inventor
- VAN DER KNAAP J C M
Abstract
A new variety of light yellow chrysanthemum for greenhouse culture distinguished by its relatively short response, its rapid growth and the intense color of its blooms, its uniform year around flowering response, and its usefulness both for spray pot plant culture and as a spray plant for cut flower production.
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 variety of chrysanthemum plant, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its vigorous and rapid growth habit, its year-around uniform flowering response, and its early 7 to 8 week photoperiodic response.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4588 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.