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US Plant Patent PP12961

Apricot Cherie

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Apricot Cherie’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 11, 2021. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12961, the photograph of Apricot Cherie printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12961, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP12961
Filed
April 11, 2001
Granted
September 17, 2002
Expires
April 11, 2021
Assignee
YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor
VANSPRONSEN SIMON

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Apricot Cherie’, characterized by its uniform, rounded and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching growth habit; small dark green foliage; uniform flowering response; early and freely flowering habit; small daisy-type inflorescences; soft pink-colored ray and bright yellow-colored disc florets.

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 ‘Apricot Cherie’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12961 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.