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US Plant Patent PP17852

Mona Lisa Salmon

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Mona Lisa Salmon’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 2, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 30, 2025. This patent earned 155 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17852, the photograph of Mona Lisa Salmon printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17852, 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
PP17852
Filed
April 30, 2005
Granted
July 10, 2007
Expires
October 2, 2025
Inventor
DEKKER CORNELIS W

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Mona Lisa Salmon’, characterized by its double anemone-type inflorescences with lanceolate-shaped, salmon pink-colored ray florets; strong and upright flowering stems; freely flowering habit; early and uniform flowering response; and good postproduction longevity.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Mona Lisa Salmon’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17852 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.