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US Plant Patent PP5566

Joy

Chrysanthemum plant named Joy

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 16, 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
PP5566
Filed
December 16, 1983
Granted
October 1, 1985
Expires
December 16, 2003
Inventor
DUFFETT WILLIAM E

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum morifolium, Ramat., plant named Joy and particularly characterized as to uniqueness by the combined characteristics of flat and spooned capitulum form; anemone capitulum type; white ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum ranging from 5 to 7 cm. at maturity; uniform 8 to 9 week flowering response; medium plant height; spreading, branching pattern; and uniform, 11 hour short day response to 24° C. night and 38° C. day temperatures under high light conditions.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum morifolium, Ramat., plant named Joy, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized as to uniqueness by the combined characteristics of flat and spooned capitulum form; anemone capitulum type; white ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum ranging from 5 to 7 cm. at maturity; uniform 8 to 9 week flowering response; medium plant height; spreading, branching pattern; and uniform, 11 hour short day response to 24° C. night and 38° C. day temperatures under high light conditions.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5566 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.