US Plant Patent PP8178
Denise
Chrysanthemum plant named Denise
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 16, 2011. 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
- PP8178
- Filed
- August 16, 1991
- Granted
- March 16, 1993
- Expires
- August 16, 2011
Abstract
A Chrysanthemum plant named Denise particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; spoon-decorative capitulum type; greyed-orange ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum of 76 to 89 mm when fully opened; spreading and prolific branching pattern, with 6 to 8 breaks after pinch when grown outside under natural daylength in fall flowerings and in 10 cm pots for spring flowerings; natural season flower date of Aug. 30 to 31 when planting rooted cuttings on Jun. 21 to 23 in Salinas, Calif., and of Oct. 10 to 15 when planting rooted cuttings Jun. 15 to Jun. 18 in Hightstown, N.J.; flowering response of 46 to 49 days after rooting in no light/no shade programs in spring in Salinas; plant height of 25 to 30 cm when grown in fall under natural daylength with no growth regulators in New Jersey; and of 22 to 23 cm when grown in 10 cm pots in spring with 0 to 2 applications of 2500 ppm B-9 SP; and durable, uniform performance.
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 Denise, as described and illustrated.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8178 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.