US Plant Patent PP12773
Spicy New Yoorleans
Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Spicy New Yoorleans’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 18, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 16, 2020. This patent earned 32 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP12773
- Filed
- June 16, 2000
- Granted
- July 16, 2002
- Expires
- July 18, 2020
- Assignee
- YODER BROTHERS INC
- Inventor
- VANDENBERG CORNELIS P
Abstract
A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Spicy New Yoorleans’, characterized by its upright and uniformly mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; uniform flowering response; early flowering, eight-week response time; freely flowering habit; daisy-type inflorescences that are about 6.5 cm in diameter; bright red and yellow bicolored ray florets and bright yellow disc florets; lack of pollen production; and good postproduction longevity with inflorescences maintaining good substance and color for about three weeks in an interior environment.
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 cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Spicy New Yoorleans’, as illustrated and described.>
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