US Plant Patent PP7465
Melosa
Chrysanthemum plant named Melosa
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 18, 2009. 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
- PP7465
- Filed
- September 18, 1989
- Granted
- March 5, 1991
- Expires
- September 18, 2009
Abstract
A Chrysanthemum plant named Melosa particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; decorative capitulum type; soft lavender-pink ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum of up to 9.5 cm at maturity; uniform eight week photoperiodic flowering response to short days; peduncle length ranging from 10 to 20 cm on open, terminal sprays; medium plant height when grown as a single stem spray cut mum; and excellent tolerance to low temperatures for bud initiation and flower development.
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 Chrysanthemum plant named Melosa, as described and illustrated.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7465 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.