US Plant Patent PP17371

Effie

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Effie’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 23, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 14, 2024. This patent earned 9 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17371, the photograph of Effie printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17371, 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: PP17371
Filed: January 14, 2004
Granted: January 23, 2007
Expires: January 23, 2024
Assignee: CHRYSANTHEMUM BREEDERS ASS NV
Inventor: BOEDER MARK ROLAND

Abstract

A chrysanthemum plant named ‘Effie’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with purple ray florets and yellow center and prolific branching; natural season flower date August 11-15; blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of chrysanthemum plant as described and illustrated.

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