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US Plant Patent PP13678

Mother Teresa

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Mother Teresa’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 4, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 30, 2021. This patent earned 5 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13678, the photograph of Mother Teresa printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13678, 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
PP13678
Filed
March 30, 2001
Granted
March 25, 2003
Expires
April 4, 2021
Assignee
COUNCIL SCIENT IND RES
Inventor
DATTA SUBODH KUMAR

Abstract

The present invention relates to a novel hybrid plant of Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat christened as "Mother Teresa' and having dwarf, bushy, compact round shaped., profuse blooming habit, producing white Anemone type flowers with distinct white ray florets and creamish white disc florets, green foliage with few white streaks and requiring neither "Pinching' nor "Staking'.

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 plant of Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat christened as ‘Mother Teresa’ as herein described and shown.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13678 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.