US Plant Patent PP9166
Champion
Chrysanthemum plant named `Champion`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 25, 2014. 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
- PP9166
- Filed
- February 25, 1994
- Granted
- June 13, 1995
- Expires
- February 25, 2014
- Assignee
- FIDES BEHEER B V
- Inventor
- VAN DER KNAAP JACQUES C M
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named Champion is provided. The new cultivar was the result of a controlled breeding program. The new cultivar forms attractive flat bi-toned pink anemone flowers with a more intense coloration at the cushion. The plant exhibits a reduced susceptibility to leafminers, and the flowers exhibit a good vase life. The response period of the flowers is approximately seven to eight weeks. The new cultivar is particularly suited for use in the production throughout the year of a cut anemone spray or a pot mum under greenhouse conditions. An excellent tolerance to high temperature is exhibited.
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 cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named Champion substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) exhibits attractive flat bi-toned pink anemone flowers wherein the disc florets are darker than the ray florets, (b) exhibits a flower response period of approximately seven to eight weeks, (c) forms flowers that exhibit a good vase life, (d) exhibits a reduced susceptibility to leafminers, and (e) has the ability to produce flowers of commercially acceptable quality throughout the year.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9166 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.