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US Plant Patent PP9936

Empire Garnet

Chrysanthemum plant named `Empire Garnet`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 13, 2016. 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
PP9936
Filed
June 13, 1996
Granted
June 24, 1997
Expires
June 13, 2016
Inventor
FUESS JANET S

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named Empire Garnet, characterized particularly by its red ray florets; fully double flowers; compact, rounded cushion habit; 4.0-4.5 cm capitulum diameter; natural season flower date of September 5 in New Hartford, N.Y.; and 71/2 week flower response in light/shade programs.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named Empire Garnet, as illustrated and

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9936 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.