US Plant Patent PP16765

Lilac Tension

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Lilac Tension’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 22, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 9, 2025. This patent earned 41 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16765, the photograph of Lilac Tension printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16765, 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: PP16765
Filed: February 9, 2005
Granted: July 4, 2006
Expires: March 22, 2025
Assignee: CLEANGRO LTD
Inventor: LINTOTT KEITH G

Abstract

A new variety of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Lilac Tension’ having a flat capitulum of bright lilac spoon petalled single type flowers.

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, substantially as described and illustrated herein.

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