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US Plant Patent PP9738

Empire Crown Jewel

Chrysanthemum plant named `Empire Crown Jewel`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 25, 2015. 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
PP9738
Filed
August 25, 1995
Granted
December 10, 1996
Expires
August 25, 2015
Inventor
FUESS JANET S

Abstract

A Chrysanthemum plant named Empire Crown Jewel particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; daisy capitulum type; dark red-purple ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum of 50 to 55 mm when fully opened; spreading branching pattern; natural season flower date of August 23 to 28 when planting rooted cuttings on June 17 to 18 in Salinas, Calif., and September 25 to October 2 when planting rooted cuttings June 15 to June 22 in Hightstown, N.J.; plant height of 23 to 28 cm when grown in fall under natural daylength with no growth regulators; and durable, uniform performance, with minimal color fading under outside conditions.

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 Empire Crown Jewel, as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9738 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.