US Plant Patent PP5661
Goldmine
Chrysanthemum plant named Goldmine
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 15, 2003. 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
- PP5661
- Filed
- July 15, 1983
- Granted
- February 11, 1986
- Expires
- July 15, 2003
- Assignee
- MACK GRACE H
- Inventor
- MEEK JACK M; MEEK EXECUTRIX BY SAUNDRA J; DUFFETT WILLIAM E; MACK GRACE H
Abstract
A chrysanthemum cultivar named Goldmine having round pompon capitulum form, formal decorative capitulum type, dark yellow ray floret color, diameter across face of capitulum up to 45 mm., short plant height, spreading branching pattern, average natural season flowering date of September 15, and average flowering response period of seven (7) weeks in photoperiodic controlled short day programs.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum morifolium, Ramat., plant known by the name Goldmine, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized as to uniqueness by the combined characteristics of round pompon capitulum form, formal decorative capitulum type, durable inflorescence, dark yellow ray floret color, diameter across face of capitulum up to 45 mm., short plant height, spreading branching pattern, average natural season flowering date of September 15, and average flowering response period of seven (7) weeks in photoperiodic controlled short day programs.
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