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US Plant Patent PP16645

Yoottawa

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yoottawa’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 29, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 11, 2025. This patent earned 77 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16645, the photograph of Yoottawa printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16645, 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
PP16645
Filed
February 11, 2005
Granted
June 13, 2006
Expires
April 29, 2025
Assignee
YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor
BERGMAN WENDY R

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yoottawa’, characterized by its uniform and outwardly spreading plant habit; strong and freely branching growth habit; dark green-colored foliage; uniform flowering response and habit; can be grown as a disbud or as a spray-type; early flowering habit; decorative-type inflorescences with elongated oblong-shaped ray florets; white-colored ray florets; and good postproduction longevity with plants maintaining good substance and color for about four to five 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 ‘Yoottawa’,as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16645 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.