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US Plant Patent PP17003

Kakegawa CE10

Coleus plant named ‘Kakegawa CE10’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 17, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 28, 2025. This patent earned 48 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17003, the photograph of Kakegawa CE10 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17003, 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
PP17003
Filed
February 28, 2005
Granted
August 15, 2006
Expires
April 17, 2025
Inventor
ARITA YO

Abstract

‘Kakegawa CE10’ is a new Coleus cultivar particularly distinguished by having a unique leaf color pattern and a creeping growth habit.

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 Coleus plant as shown and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17003 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.