US Plant Patent PP5253
Eternity
Kalanchoe plant named Eternity
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 23, 2002. 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
- PP5253
- Filed
- September 23, 1982
- Granted
- July 3, 1984
- Expires
- September 23, 2002
- Assignee
- MIKKELSENS INC
- Inventor
- MIKKELSEN JAMES C
Abstract
A kalanchoe cultivar named Eternity particularly characterized by the development of the total salmon red inflorescence without deterioration of the initial flowering of the terminal florets, excellent compact self branching growth with dark green crenate foliage, enhancing the potential of production of kalanchoe hanging baskets.
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 known by the cultivar name Eternity, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its salmon red flower color; massive inflorescence without deterioration of the initial flowering of the terminal florets, and its excellent compact self branching growth with dark green crenate foliage, thereby increasing the potential of production of kalanchoe hanging baskets.
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