US Plant Patent PP9558
Sophia
Chrysanthemum plant named `Sophia`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 30, 2014. 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
- PP9558
- Filed
- December 30, 1994
- Granted
- May 21, 1996
- Expires
- December 30, 2014
- Assignee
- YODER BROTHERS INC
- Inventor
- VANDENBERG CORNELIS P
Abstract
A Chrysanthemum plant named Sophia particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; decorative capitulum type; light purple ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum of 50 to 60 mm when fully opened; spreading branching pattern; natural season flower date of September 20 to 30 when planting rooted cuttings on June 11 to June 18 in Hightstown, N.J.; plant height of 25 to 28 cm when grown in fall under natural daylength with no growth regulators in New Jersey; excellent uniform growth habit; and good flexibility of plant for handling, packing and shipping.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named Sophia, as described and illustrated.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9558 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.