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US Plant Patent PP17568

Yomelanie

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yomelanie’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 15, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 21, 2025. This patent earned 55 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17568, the photograph of Yomelanie printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17568, 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
PP17568
Filed
June 21, 2005
Granted
April 3, 2007
Expires
August 15, 2025
Assignee
YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor
SMITH MARK A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yomelanie’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and full plant height; uniform and freely flowering habit; daisy-type inflorescences with elongated oblong-shaped ray florets; lavender purple-colored ray florets; and natural season flowering in early to mid-October 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 ‘Yomelanie’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17568 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.