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US Plant Patent PP15510

Sercia

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Sercia’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 16, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 21, 2024. This patent earned 24 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15510, the photograph of Sercia printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15510, 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
PP15510
Filed
February 21, 2004
Granted
February 1, 2005
Expires
March 16, 2024
Assignee
PIETERS JOSEPH & LUC B V BA
Inventor
PIETERS LUC REMI JOHAN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Sercia’, characterized by its upright and rounded growth habit; freely branching growth habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; daisy-type inflorescences without white-colored ray florets and yellow-colored disc florets; and excellent garden performance.

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 ‘Sercia’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15510 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.