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US Plant Patent PP16929

Yohankie

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yohankie’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 26, 2025. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16929, the photograph of Yohankie printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16929, 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
PP16929
Filed
August 26, 2005
Granted
August 1, 2006
Expires
August 26, 2025
Assignee
YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor
SMITH MARK A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yohankie’, characterized by its upright, somewhat outwardly spreading and rounded plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and full plant habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; medium daisy-type inflorescences with elongated oblong-shaped ray florets; bright yellow-colored ray florets; and natural season flowering in late September in the Northern Hemisphere.

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 ‘Yohankie’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16929 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.