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US Plant Patent PP16220

Charumbla

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Charumbla’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 26, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 31, 2024. This patent earned 56 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16220, the photograph of Charumbla printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16220, 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
PP16220
Filed
March 31, 2004
Granted
January 24, 2006
Expires
May 26, 2024
Inventor
CHALLET JEAN-PIERRE

Abstract

A new and distinct Chrysanthemum cultivar is provided that is a whole plant mutation of the ‘Chamanda’ cultivar (U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 10/114,954 (now abandoned), filed Apr. 4, 2002. The natural flowering time is mid-October. Attractive blossoms are formed in clusters that display white ray florets and yellow disc florets. The growth habit of the plant is rather dense, stocky, and semi-erect. Decorative medium green foliage is formed. The plant displays good culture regularity and grows well in pots.

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 that displays: (a) a rather dense, stocky, and semi-erect growth habit, (b) forms attractive flowers that display white ray florets and yellow disc florets, (c) forms decorative medium green foliage, and (d) displays good culture regularity and grows well in pots; substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16220 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.