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US Plant Patent PP5017

Limelight

Chrysanthemum plant (Limelight)

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 8, 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
PP5017
Filed
January 8, 1981
Granted
March 29, 1983
Expires
January 8, 2001
Inventor
PETUSKY KERRY S

Abstract

A new cultivar of pot chrysanthemum characterized by its single flower form of medium size and white coloration, its abundant production of blooms when grown as a spray pot, its minimal pollen production, its vigorous and upright growth habit with abundant foliage, its nine-week photoperiodic response, and its ability for year around flowering on medium treatment.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinctive cultivar of chrysanthemum, substantially as herein shown and described, particularly characterized by its single flower form, generally white coloration of the ray florets, greenish-yellow coloration of the disc florets, and its very floriferous and vigorous growth habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5017 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.