US Plant Patent PP17163

Swing Time Red

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Swing Time Red’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 16, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 6, 2025. This patent earned 10 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17163
Filed: June 6, 2005
Granted: October 24, 2006
Expires: June 16, 2025
Assignee: CLEANGRO LTD
Inventor: REDMAN RUTH

Abstract

A new variety of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Swing Time Red’ having a good uniform canopy of red-bronze single type flowers and a light green disc. The new variety has medium vigor, free branching habit with good foliage presentation.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct variety of Chrysanthemum plant, substantially as described and illustrated herein.

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