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US Plant Patent PP16211

Yosharon

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yosharon’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 11, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 8, 2024. This patent earned 94 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16211, the photograph of Yosharon printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16211, 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
PP16211
Filed
September 8, 2004
Granted
January 24, 2006
Expires
December 11, 2024
Assignee
YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor
SMITH MARK A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yosharon’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and rounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; large decorative-type inflorescences with elongated oblong-shaped ray florets; purple-colored ray florets; natural season flowering in mid-September in the Northern Hemisphere; and good garden performance.

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 ‘Yosharon’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16211 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.