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US Plant Patent PP16281

Sunny Yoursula

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Sunny Yoursula’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 20, 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 146 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16281, the photograph of Sunny Yoursula printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16281, 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
PP16281
Filed
January 26, 2004
Granted
February 21, 2006
Expires
June 20, 2024
Assignee
YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor
SMITH MARK A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Sunny Yoursula’, characterized by its compact, upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and full plant habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; small decorative-type inflorescences with elongated oblong-shaped ray florets; bright yellow-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 Yoursula’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16281 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.