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US Plant Patent PP16988

Kaleidoscope

Abelia plant named ‘Kaleidoscope’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 14, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 7, 2025. This patent earned 96 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16988, the photograph of Kaleidoscope printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16988, 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
PP16988
Filed
February 7, 2005
Granted
August 15, 2006
Expires
May 14, 2025
Assignee
LINDSEY RANDALL DALE
Inventor
LINDSEY RANDALL DALE

Abstract

A new cultivar of Abelia named ‘Kaleidoscope’ that is characterized by dense compact habit, fragrant white flowers, and variegated foliage that exhibits seasonal color changes from green and golden-yellow, to orange and fiery-red. In combination these traits set ‘Kaleidoscope’ apart from all other existing varieties of Abelia known to the inventor.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Abelia plant named ‘Kaleidoscope’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16988 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.