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US Plant Patent PP17861

Yoorchard Lake

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yoorchard Lake’

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 PP17861, the photograph of Yoorchard Lake printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17861, 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
PP17861
Filed
November 8, 2005
Granted
July 10, 2007
Expires
November 16, 2025
Assignee
YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor
BERGMAN WENDY R

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yoorchard Lake’, characterized by its upright and mounded plant habit; vigorous and strong growth habit; large dark green-colored foliage; uniform flowering response and habit; early flowering habit; large decorative incurved-type inflorescences with elongated oblong-shaped and white-colored ray florets with purple-colored apices; 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 ‘Yoorchard Lake’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17861 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.