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US Plant Patent PP10041

Gentle Kimberly

Chrysanthemum plant named `Gentle Kimberly`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 22, 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
PP10041
Filed
February 22, 1996
Granted
September 23, 1997
Expires
February 22, 2016
Inventor
GLICENSTEIN LEON

Abstract

A Chrysanthemum plant named Gentle Kimberly particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; daisy capitulum type; greyed-orange ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum of 47 to 52 mm when fully opened; branching pattern is spreading and prolific, with 9 laterals developing after pinch when grown outside under natural daylength in fall flowerings; natural season flower date of September 2 to 7 when planting rooted cuttings on June 17 to 21 in Salinas, Calif., and of October 5 to 17 when planting rooted cuttings June 15 to 18 in Hightstown, N.J.; plant height of 30 to 36 cm when grown in fall under natural daylength with no growth regulators; and durable, uniform performance.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named Gentle Kimberly, as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10041 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.