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US Plant Patent PP18399

Cal Bulrose

Calibrachoa plant named ‘Cal Bulrose’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 13, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 13, 2026. This patent earned 59 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18399, the photograph of Cal Bulrose printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18399, 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
PP18399
Filed
February 13, 2006
Granted
January 1, 2008
Expires
April 13, 2026
Inventor
PIERCE ROBERT OSTEEN

Abstract

A new Calibrachoa plant particularly distinguished by medium to large red-purple flowers, early and continuous flowering, medium green foliage with narrow, elliptical leaves, and a semi-vigorous, medium tight plant habit with good branching ability and a spreading to prostrate and later trailing habit, is disclosed.

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 Calibrachoa plant as shown and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18399 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.