US Plant Patent PP30517
Kercaldiva
Calendula plant named ‘Kercaldiva’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends September 14, 2037.
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
- PP30517
- Filed
- September 14, 2017
- Granted
- May 21, 2019
- Expires
- September 14, 2037
- Inventor
- KERLEY TIMOTHY EDWARD; KERLEY SARAH ELISABETH; KERLEY DAVID WILLIAM; KERLEY PRISCILLA GRACE
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Calendula plant named ‘Kercaldiva’, characterized by its compact, upright to outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy appearance; freely and continuously flowering habit; long flowering period; large double and semi-double type inflorescences with bright orange-colored ray florets; and good container and landscape performance.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Calendula plant named ‘Kercaldiva’ as illustrated and described.
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