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US Plant Patent PP5983

Calico

Chrysanthemum plant named Calico

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 18, 2005. 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
PP5983
Filed
March 18, 1985
Granted
May 12, 1987
Expires
March 18, 2005
Inventor
SHOESMITH LEONARD H

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum named Calico having a dwarf habit, flat capitulum form and anemone capitulum type, red-bronze flower color, eight week response, and an ability to be grown year around in 9 cm. pots with little growth regulation.

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 named Calico, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its dwarf habit; flat capitulum form and anemone capitulum type; red-bronze flower color; eight week response, and by its ability to be grown year around in 9 cm. pots with little growth regulation.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5983 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.