Skip to content
The Patent Garden

US Plant Patent PP7444

Big Surprise

Kalanchoe plant named Big Surprise

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 26, 2009. 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.

The record

Patent number
PP7444
Filed
July 26, 1989
Granted
February 12, 1991
Expires
July 26, 2009

Abstract

A Kalanchoe plant named Big Surprise particularly characterized by its coral-red flower color with red highlights; flower diameter of 16 to 17 mm at maturity; flowering response, from 9 weeks in summer to 11 weeks in winter after start of short days; excellent keeping quality of flowers and foliage; branches freely with or without pinching; vigorous plant with short internodes; responsive to B-9 to reduce internode length and peduncle elongation; and adaptability to various pot sizes.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct plant of Kalanchoe named Big Surprise, as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7444 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.