US Plant Patent PP16671

Homer

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Homer’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 12, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 27, 2024. This patent earned 75 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16671, the photograph of Homer printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16671, 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: PP16671
Filed: December 27, 2004
Granted: June 20, 2006
Expires: March 12, 2025
Assignee: CHRYSANTHEMUM BREEDERS ASS NV
Inventor: BOEDER MARK ROLAND

Abstract

A chrysanthemum plant named ‘Homer’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with orange ray florets and good branching natural season flower date August 16-23; blooming for a period of 6 weeks.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of chrysanthemum plant as described and illustrated.

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