Skip to content
The Patent Garden

US Plant Patent PP16296

Soft Yocheryl

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Soft Yocheryl’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 15, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 8, 2024. This patent earned 129 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16296, the photograph of Soft Yocheryl printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16296, 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
PP16296
Filed
September 8, 2004
Granted
February 28, 2006
Expires
January 15, 2025
Assignee
YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor
SMITH MARK A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Soft Yocheryl’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and rounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; decorative-type inflorescences with elongated oblong-shaped ray florets; light lavender-colored ray florets; natural season flowering in early October in the Northern Hemisphere; and good 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 ‘Soft Yocheryl’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16296 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.