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US Plant Patent PP17041

Wescamalve

Calibrachoa plant named ‘Wescamalve’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 6, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17041, the photograph of Wescamalve printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17041, 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
PP17041
Filed
June 6, 2005
Granted
August 22, 2006
Expires
June 6, 2025
Inventor
WESTHOFF HEINRICH

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘Wescamalve’, characterized by its cascading and vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy appearance; relatively small leaves; medium-sized flowers; and numerous light red purple-colored flowers with a violet-colored circumorbital ring.

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 ‘Wescamalve’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17041 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.