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US Plant Patent PP16330

Yotasha

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yotasha’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 29, 2025. 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 143 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16330, the photograph of Yotasha printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16330, 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
PP16330
Filed
September 8, 2004
Granted
March 14, 2006
Expires
January 29, 2025
Assignee
YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor
SMITH MARK A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yotasha’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and rounded plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and full appearance; uniform and freely flowering habit; small daisy-type inflorescences with elongated oblong-shaped ray florets; ray florets initially yellow becoming bronze-colored with development; bright yellow-colored disc florets; natural season flowering in mid-October 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 ‘Yotasha’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16330 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.