US Plant Patent PP16990

Gedi Three Luca

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Gedi Three Luca’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 14, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 27, 2025. This patent earned 17 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16990, the photograph of Gedi Three Luca printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16990, 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: PP16990
Filed: April 27, 2005
Granted: August 15, 2006
Expires: May 14, 2025
Assignee: PIETERS PLANT PRODUCTION BVBA
Inventor: PIETERS DIRK

Abstract

A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant cultivar is disclosed, characterized by a flower that has a distinctive dark center. The plant produces a large number of flowers per stem, has a round, free-branching habit, and blooms consistently during the first two weeks of September.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Gedi Three Luca’ as herein illustrated and described.

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