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US Plant Patent PP16608

Golden Surfer

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Golden Surfer’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 20, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 11, 2025. This patent earned 98 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16608, the photograph of Golden Surfer printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16608, 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
PP16608
Filed
February 11, 2005
Granted
June 6, 2006
Expires
May 20, 2025
Assignee
PIETERS JOSEPH & LUC B V BA
Inventor
PIETERS LUC REMI JOHAN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Golden Surfer’, characterized by its upright and rounded growth habit; freely branching growth habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; duplex-type inflorescences with bright yellow-colored ray florets and yellow green-colored disc florets; and excellent garden performance.

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 ‘Golden Surfer’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16608 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.