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US Plant Patent PP15511

Sunny Yogretchen

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Sunny Yogretchen’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 18, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 26, 2024. This patent earned 23 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15511, the photograph of Sunny Yogretchen printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15511, 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
PP15511
Filed
January 26, 2004
Granted
February 1, 2005
Expires
February 18, 2024
Assignee
YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor
SMITH MARK A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Sunny Yogretchen’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and full plant habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; decorative-type inflorescences with elongated oblong-shaped ray florets; golden bronze-colored ray florets; and natural season flowering in mid September in the Northern Hemisphere.

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 ‘Sunny Yogretchen’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15511 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.