US Plant Patent PP15422

Kepa

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Kepa’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 17, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 14, 2024. This patent earned 3 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 2 of US plant patent PP15422, the photograph of Kepa printed in the patent. — Figure 2 from US Plant Patent PP15422, 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: PP15422
Filed: January 14, 2004
Granted: December 14, 2004
Expires: January 17, 2024
Assignee: CHRYSANTHEMUM BREEDERS ASS NV
Inventor: BOEDER MARK ROLAND

Abstract

A Chrysanthemum plant named 'Kepa' characterized by its medium sized blooms with purple ray florets and prolific branching; natural season flower date September 8-13; blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

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 variety of Chrysanthemum plant as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15422 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.