US Plant Patent PP17004

Kakegawa CE9

Coleus plant named ‘Kakegawa CE9’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 22, 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 53 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17004
Filed: February 28, 2005
Granted: August 15, 2006
Expires: April 22, 2025
Assignee: SAKATA SEED CORP
Inventor: ARITA YO

Abstract

‘Kakegawa CE9’ is a new Coleus cultivar particularly distinguished by having a unique leaf color pattern and 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.

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