US Plant Patent PP16791

White Lights

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘White Lights’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 29, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 9, 2025. This patent earned 48 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16791
Filed: February 9, 2005
Granted: July 11, 2006
Expires: March 29, 2025
Assignee: CLEANGRO LTD
Inventor: LINTOTT KEITH G

Abstract

A new variety of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘White Lights,’ having a domed capitulum of white anemone flowers and a round shape. A very uniform flowering response habit.

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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