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US Plant Patent PP6900

Apto

Chrysanthemum plant named Apto

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 28, 2008. 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
PP6900
Filed
April 28, 1988
Granted
July 4, 1989
Expires
April 28, 2008

Abstract

A Chrysanthemum plant named Apto particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; daisy capitulum type; purple ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum of up to 10 cm at maturity; uniform nine week photoperiodic flowering response to short days; peduncle length ranging from 10 to 20 cm on open, terminal sprays; short plant height when grown as a single stem spray cut mum; and excellent tolerance to high temperatures for bud initiation and flower development.

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 Chrysanthemum plant named Apto, as described and illustrated, and parts thereof.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6900 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.