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US Plant Patent PP16737

Cal Oran

Calibrachoa plant named ‘Cal Oran’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 20, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 25, 2025. This patent earned 87 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16737, the photograph of Cal Oran printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16737, 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
PP16737
Filed
March 25, 2005
Granted
June 27, 2006
Expires
June 20, 2025
Inventor
PIERCE ROBERT

Abstract

A Calibrachoa cultivar particularly distinguished by its orange-colored flowers 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 Calibrachoa plant as shown and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16737 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.