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US Plant Patent PP16537

Zesty Yovanessa

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zesty Yovanessa’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 21, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 26, 2024. This patent earned 55 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16537, the photograph of Zesty Yovanessa printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16537, 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
PP16537
Filed
January 26, 2004
Granted
May 16, 2006
Expires
March 21, 2024
Assignee
YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor
SMITH MARK A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zesty Yovanessa’, characterized by its upright and somewhat 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; light red purple-colored ray florets; and natural season flowering in mid October 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 ‘Zesty Yovanessa’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16537 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.