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US Plant Patent PP16581

Bold Yovanessa

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Bold Yovanessa’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 17, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 26, 2024. This patent earned 51 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16581, the photograph of Bold Yovanessa printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16581, 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
PP16581
Filed
January 26, 2004
Granted
May 30, 2006
Expires
March 17, 2024
Assignee
YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor
SMITH MARK A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Bold Yovanessa’, characterized by its upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and full plant habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; decorative-type inflorescences with elongated oblong-shaped ray florets; red purple-colored ray florets; and natural season flowering in mid October in the Northern Hemisphere.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Bold Yovanessa’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16581 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.