US Plant Patent PP17354

Wescafire

Calibrachoa plant named ‘Wescafire’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 15, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 6, 2025. This patent earned 39 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17354
Filed: June 6, 2005
Granted: January 9, 2007
Expires: July 15, 2025
Assignee: J & H WESTHOFF INTERPEL
Inventor: WESTHOFF HEINRICH

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘Wescafire’, characterized by its upright to cascading and vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy appearance; relatively large leaves; medium-sized flowers; and numerous yellow to red purple-colored flowers.

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 named ‘Wescafire’, as illustrated and described.

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