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US Plant Patent PP17862

Yokilleen

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yokilleen’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 16, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 8, 2025. This patent earned 8 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17862, the photograph of Yokilleen printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17862, 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
PP17862
Filed
November 8, 2005
Granted
July 10, 2007
Expires
November 16, 2025
Assignee
YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor
WAIN PETER

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yokilleen’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; strong and freely branching growth habit; dark green-colored foliage; uniform flowering response and habit; early and freely flowering habit; decorative-type inflorescences with quilled-shaped and bright green-colored ray florets; and good postproduction longevity with plants maintaining good substance and color for about three 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 ‘Yokilleen’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17862 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.