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US Plant Patent PP17855

Noa

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Noa’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 9, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 8, 2025. This patent earned 93 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17855, the photograph of Noa printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17855, 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
PP17855
Filed
July 8, 2005
Granted
July 10, 2007
Expires
October 9, 2025
Inventor
HOEK JAN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Noa’, characterized by its daisy-type inflorescences with white-colored elongated oblong ray florets and bright green-colored disc florets; dark green-colored foliage; strong and upright flowering stems; early, uniform and freely flowering habit; 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 ‘Noa’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17855 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.