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US Plant Patent PP17479

Sunny Yoolympia

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Sunny Yoolympia’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 21, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 21, 2025. This patent earned 30 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17479, the photograph of Sunny Yoolympia printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17479, 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
PP17479
Filed
June 21, 2005
Granted
March 6, 2007
Expires
July 21, 2025
Assignee
YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor
BERGMAN WENDY R

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Sunny Yoolympia’, characterized by its uniform and outwardly spreading plant habit; strong and freely branching growth habit; dark green-colored foliage; uniform flowering response and habit; typically grown as a disbud-type; early flowering habit; large decorative-type inflorescences with elongated oblong-shaped ray florets; light yellow-colored ray florets; and excellent postproduction longevity with plants maintaining good substance and color for about four to five weeks in an interior environment.

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 Yoolympia’, as illustrated and described.

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