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US Plant Patent PP16856

Sunny Yotasha

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Sunny Yotasha’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 11, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 8, 2024. This patent earned 276 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16856, the photograph of Sunny Yotasha printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16856, 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
PP16856
Filed
September 8, 2004
Granted
July 25, 2006
Expires
June 11, 2025
Assignee
YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor
SMITH MARK A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Sunny Yotasha’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and rounded plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and full appearance; uniform and freely flowering habit; small daisy-type inflorescences with elongated oblong-shaped ray florets; rich yellow-colored ray florets and darker yellow-colored disc florets; natural season flowering in mid-October in the Northern Hemisphere; and good garden performance.

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 Yotasha’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16856 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.