US Plant Patent PP4589
Westland
Chrysanthemum named Westland
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
- PP4589
- Filed
- February 21, 1979
- Granted
- August 26, 1980
- Expires
- February 21, 1999
- Assignee
- PAN AMERICAN PLANT CO
- Inventor
- VAN DER KNAAP J C M
Abstract
A new variety of chrysanthemum intended for glass house culture for cut flower production distinguished by the pink coloration of the quill-shaped ray florets of its uniquely formed medium-sized blooms, its vigorous upright growth habit, and its year around 9-week photoperiodic flowering response.
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 unique quill-shaped ray florets of a light pink color radiating from a reddish disc, and its uniform year-around flowering response under 9-week photoperiodic control.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4589 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.