US Plant Patent PP16576

Mega Time Improved

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Mega Time Improved’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 13, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 18, 2024. This patent earned 115 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16576
Filed: November 18, 2004
Granted: May 30, 2006
Expires: March 13, 2025
Assignee: CLEANGRO LTD
Inventor: REDMAN RUTH

Abstract

A new variety of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Mega Time Improved,’ having a flat capitulum of light pink single flowers with a dark spot in the disc.

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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