US Plant Patent PP17429
Leon
Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Leon’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 25, 2025. 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
- PP17429
- Filed
- July 25, 2005
- Granted
- February 20, 2007
- Expires
- July 25, 2025
- Assignee
- DELIFLOR ROYALTIES BV
- Inventor
- POST ARIE GERARD
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Leon’, characterized by its daisy-type inflorescences with pink-colored ray florets; freely flowering habit; early and uniform flowering response; and good postproduction longevity.
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 ‘Leon’, as illustrated and described.
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