US Plant Patent PP14610

Medusa

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Medusa’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 14, 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 64 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14610, the photograph of Medusa printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14610, 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: PP14610
Filed: December 12, 2002
Granted: March 16, 2004
Expires: February 14, 2023
Assignee: CHRYSANTHEMUM BREEDERS ASS NV
Inventor: NOODELIJK ROBERT

Abstract

A chrysanthemum plant named 'Medusa' characterized by its medium sized blooms with pink ray florets and prolific branching; natural season flower date September 1-7; 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 PP14610 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.