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US Plant Patent PP6398

Volunteer

Chrysanthemum plant named Volunteer

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 21, 2007. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record

Patent number
PP6398
Filed
January 21, 1987
Granted
November 15, 1988
Expires
January 21, 2007
Inventor
SHOESMITH LEONARD H

Abstract

A Chrysanthemum plant named volunteer characterized by its white ray florets and yellow-green anemone disc, compact and freely branching growth habit, 81/2 week response, and by its adaptability to production in 41/2" pots or as a garden mum.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named Volunteer, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its white ray florets and yellow-green anemone disc, compact and freely branching growth habit, 81/2 week response, and by its adaptability to production in 41/2" pots or as a garden mum.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6398 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.