US Plant Patent PP15781

Esperanto Improved

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Esperanto Improved’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 25, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 23, 2023. This patent earned 155 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP15781
Filed: September 23, 2003
Granted: June 7, 2005
Expires: February 25, 2024
Assignee: AURORA VARIETIES S L
Inventor: HAMMOND RICHARD

Abstract

A new variety of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Esperanto Improved,’ having a uniform canopy of dark pink-purple/white striped single type flowers with a yellow/green disc. The new variety exhibits medium vigor with a free branching and uniform spreading habit and good foliage presentation.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Chrysanthemum plant, substantially as described and illustrated herein.

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