US Plant Patent PP10944
Empire Calico
Chrysanthemum plant named `Empire Calico`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 12, 2017. 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
- PP10944
- Filed
- November 12, 1997
- Granted
- June 8, 1999
- Expires
- November 12, 2017
- Inventor
- FUESS JANET S
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named `Empire Calico`, characterized by the combined features of bright yellow ray floret color, daisy capitulum form with many disc florets and a distinct red-purple disc center, capitulum diameter 2.75-3.0 cm, 7 week flower response in light/shade programs, semi-upright growth habit, natural season flowering date of September 20, and adaptability to greenhouse or garden cultures.
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 `Empire Calico`, as illustrated and described.
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