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US Plant Patent PP7434

Sonrisa

Chrysanthemum plant named Sonrisa

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 14, 2009. 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.

The record

Patent number
PP7434
Filed
November 14, 1989
Granted
January 29, 1991
Expires
November 14, 2009

Abstract

A Chrysanthemum plant named Sonrisa particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form, daisy capitulum type; white ray floret color with a distinct red-brown dot in the center of the disc; diameter across face of capitulum of up to 7 cm at maturity; uniform eight week photoperiodic flowering response to short days; peduncle length ranging from 10 to 20 cm on open, terminal sprays; short plant height when grown as a single stem spray cut mum; and excellent tolerance to low temperatures for bud initiation and flower development.

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 Chrysanthemum plant named Sonrisa, as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7434 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.