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US Plant Patent PP18030

AFRICAN SUNSHINE

Kalanchoe plant named ‘AFRICAN SUNSHINE’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 22, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 15, 2024. This patent earned 219 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18030, the photograph of AFRICAN SUNSHINE printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18030, 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
PP18030
Filed
December 15, 2004
Granted
September 11, 2007
Expires
July 22, 2025
Assignee
KNUD JEPSEN AS
Inventor
JEPSEN KNUD; CHRISTENSEN ELLEN

Abstract

A new and distinct K. blossfeldiana×K. laciniata interspecific hybrid plant named ‘African Sunshine’ characterized by a large number of petals per flower resulting in the double-type or multi-petalled trait; large petal size resulting in a large flower; the hastate and dissected young and mature leaves; the intense sunny-yellow color of petals; and the large number of flowers on each plant.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct K. blossfeldiana×K. laciniata interspecific hybrid plant named ‘African Sunshine’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18030 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.