US Plant Patent PP17451
Elegant Yomarjorie
Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Elegant Yomarjorie’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 19, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 21, 2025. This patent earned 28 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP17451
- Filed
- June 21, 2005
- Granted
- February 27, 2007
- Expires
- July 19, 2025
- Assignee
- YODER BROTHERS INC
- Inventor
- SMITH MARK A
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Elegant Yomarjorie’, characterized by its upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; dense and full plant habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; duplex-type inflorescences with elongated oblong-shaped ray florets; dark coral red-colored ray florets; and natural season flowering in early October in the Northern Hemisphere.
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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Elegant Yomarjorie’, as illustrated and described.
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