US Plant Patent PP6937

Autumn Champagne

Spider Chrysanthemum named Autumn Champagne

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 18, 2008. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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: PP6937
Filed: July 18, 1988
Granted: July 18, 1989
Expires: July 18, 2008

Abstract

A new variety of Chrysanthemum morifolium of the incurved, spider type distinguished by its very large blooms having abundant ray florets of a light salmon color and carried on very tall stems, which are disbudded to present a single bloom with abundant foliage, the plant having a nine-week response with a moderate growth rate.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. The new and distinct spider type Chrysanthemum substantially as herein shown and described, particularly distinguished by the abundance of the incurved ray florets, the very large size of its blooms, and its resistance to Botrytis.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6937 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.