US Plant Patent PP17968

Don Domingo

Kalanchoe plant named ‘Don Domingo’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 16, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 26, 2025. This patent earned 82 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17968
Filed: October 26, 2005
Granted: August 28, 2007
Expires: January 16, 2026
Assignee: KNAAP LICENTIES B V
Inventor: VAN DER KNAAP LEONARDUS JOHANN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named ‘Don Domingo’, characterized by its upright and freely branching plant habit; dark green-colored leaves; salmon orange-colored double flowers with multiple petals per flower; 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 cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named ‘Don Domingo’, as illustrated and described.

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