US Plant Patent PP16043
Yellow Yomankato
Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yellow Yomankato’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 19, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 25, 2024. This patent earned 54 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP16043
- Filed
- February 25, 2004
- Granted
- October 18, 2005
- Expires
- April 19, 2024
- Assignee
- YODER BROTHERS INC
- Inventor
- BERGMAN WENDY R
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yellow Yomankato’, characterized by its uniform and outwardly spreading plant habit; strong and freely branching growth habit; dark green-colored foliage; uniform flowering response and habit; can be grown as a disbud or spray-type; early flowering habit; anemone-type inflorescences; bright yellow-colored ray florets and enlarged yellow green to bright yellow-colored disc florets; and good postproduction longevity with plants maintaining good substance and color for about three to four weeks in an interior environment.
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 ‘Yellow Yomankato’, as illustrated and described.
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