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.