US Plant Patent PP14678

Mars

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Mars’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 8, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 12, 2022. This patent earned 86 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14678, the photograph of Mars printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14678, 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: PP14678
Filed: December 12, 2002
Granted: April 6, 2004
Expires: March 8, 2023
Assignee: CHRYSANTHEMUM BREEDERS ASS NV
Inventor: NOODELIJK ROBERT

Abstract

A chrysanthemum plant named ‘Mars’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with yellow ray florets and prolific branching; natural season flower date September 9-16; 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.

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