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US Plant Patent PP18157

Mona Lisa Splendid

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Mona Lisa Splendid’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 3, 2026. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18157, the photograph of Mona Lisa Splendid printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18157, 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
PP18157
Filed
May 3, 2006
Granted
October 30, 2007
Expires
May 3, 2026
Inventor
DEKKER CORNELIS W

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Mona Lisa Splendid’, characterized by its decorative anemone-type inflorsecences with elliptic-shaped, light purple-colored ray florets and green-colored enlarged disc 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 Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Mona Lisa Splendid’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18157 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.