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US Plant Patent PP5533

Citation

Kalanchoe plant named Citation

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 23, 2003. 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
PP5533
Filed
November 23, 1983
Granted
August 13, 1985
Expires
November 23, 2003
Inventor
MIKKELSEN JAMES C

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of kalanchoe plant named Citation characterized by its pink flower color with salmon overtones and white throat, uniform flowering, excellent self-branching, excellent keeping qualities, adaptability to various pot sizes, and by its complimenting the genetically related cultivars Sensation, Dignity and Royalty.

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 cultivar of kalanchoe plant named Citation, as illustrated and described, and characterized by its pink flower color with salmon overtones and white throat, uniform flowering, excellent self-branching, excellent keeping qualities, adaptability to various pot sizes, and by its complimenting the genetically related cultivars Sensation, Dignity and Royalty.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5533 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.