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US Plant Patent PP17872

Gentle Yoalberta

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Gentle Yoalberta’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 26, 2025. 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.

Figure 2 of US plant patent PP17872, the photograph of Gentle Yoalberta printed in the patent.
Figure 2 from US Plant Patent PP17872, 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
PP17872
Filed
August 26, 2005
Granted
July 17, 2007
Expires
August 26, 2025
Assignee
YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor
SMITH MARK A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Gentle Yoalberta’, characterized by its compact, upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and full plant habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; medium-sized decorative-type inflorescences with quill-shaped ray florets; light bronze-colored ray florets; and natural season flowering in early October 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 cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Gentle Yoalberta’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17872 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.