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US Plant Patent PP9584

Empire Calypso

Chrysanthemum named `Empire Calypso`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 11, 2015. 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
PP9584
Filed
May 11, 1995
Granted
June 18, 1996
Expires
May 11, 2015
Inventor
FUESS JANET S

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named Empire Calypso, characterized by its red-purple ray florets; fully double flowers; compact, mounded cushion habit; 4.0-4.5 cm capitulum diameter; natural season flower date of September 20; and seven week flower response in light/shade programs.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named Empire Calypso, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9584 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.