US Plant Patent PP17762

Kakegawa CE11

Coleus plant named ‘Kakegawa CE11’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 3, 2026. 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 340 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17762
Filed: February 28, 2005
Granted: May 29, 2007
Expires: February 3, 2026
Assignee: SAKATA SEED CORP
Inventor: ARITA YO

Abstract

‘Kakegawa CE11’ is a new Coleus cultivar particularly distinguished by having a unique leaf shape and color.

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.

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