US Plant Patent PP18994
Yotheresa
Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yotheresa’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends December 18, 2026.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP18994
- Filed
- December 18, 2006
- Granted
- July 1, 2008
- Expires
- December 18, 2026
- Assignee
- YODER BROTHERS INC
- Inventor
- SMITH MARK A
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yothersea’, characterized by its compact, upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and full plant habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; daisy-type inflorescences with elongated oblong to ligulate-shaped ray florets; purple-colored ray florets; and natural season flowering about September 21 st 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 Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yotheresa’ as illustrated and described.
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