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US Plant Patent PP17425

Yotiffany

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yotiffany’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 19, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 21, 2025. This patent earned 28 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17425, the photograph of Yotiffany printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17425, 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
PP17425
Filed
June 21, 2005
Granted
February 20, 2007
Expires
July 19, 2025
Assignee
YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor
SMITH MARK A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yotiffany’, characterized by its compact, upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and full plant habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; decorative-type inflorescences with elongated oblong-shaped ray florets; white-colored ray florets; and natural season flowering in early September 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 cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yotiffany’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17425 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.