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US Plant Patent PP12527

Yocarson City

Chrysanthemum Plant Named ‘Yocarson City’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 1, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 16, 2020. This patent earned 15 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 4 of US plant patent PP12527, the photograph of Yocarson City printed in the patent.
Figure 4 from US Plant Patent PP12527, 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
PP12527
Filed
June 16, 2000
Granted
April 9, 2002
Expires
July 1, 2020
Assignee
YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor
VANDENBERG CORNELIS P; BERGMAN WENDY R

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yocarson City’, characterized by its upright, somewhat outwardly spreading and uniformly mounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; uniform flowering response; early flowering, eight-week response time; floriferousness; daisy-type inflorescences that are about 7.3 cm in diameter; bright red and yellow bicolored ray florets with green disc florets that develop slowly; lack of pollen production; and good postproduction longevity with inflorescences maintaining good substance and color for at least three weeks in an interior environment.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yocarson City’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12527 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.