US Plant Patent PP21691
Desert Surprise
Kalanchoe plant named ‘Desert Surprise’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends August 25, 2029.
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
- PP21691
- Filed
- August 25, 2009
- Granted
- February 1, 2011
- Expires
- August 25, 2029
- Assignee
- KNUD DEPSEN AS
- Inventor
- JEPSEN KNUD
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named ‘Desert Surprise’, characterized by its tall, upright, uniform and moderately vigorous growth habit; green and dark purple bi-colored leaves with undulate and crenate margins; freely flowering habit; small red purple-colored flowers; and excellent postproduction longevity.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
1. A new and distinct Kalanchoe plant named ‘Desert Surprise’ as illustrated and described.
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