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US Plant Patent PP20196

Empire Emma

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Empire Emma’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 16, 2028.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20196, the photograph of Empire Emma printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20196, 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
PP20196
Filed
June 16, 2008
Granted
August 4, 2009
Expires
June 16, 2028
Assignee
FUESS JANET S
Inventor
FUESS JANET S

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Empire Emma’, characterized by its compact, upright and mounding plant habit; freely branching habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; decorative-type inflorescences with light bronze-colored ray florets; and natural season flowering about October 11 th in the Northern Hemisphere.

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

1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Empire Emma’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20196 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.