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US Plant Patent PP18048

Fonda

Kalanchoe plant named ‘Fonda’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 4, 2025. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18048, the photograph of Fonda printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18048, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP18048
Filed
November 4, 2005
Granted
September 18, 2007
Expires
November 4, 2025
Assignee
FIDES BV
Inventor
VLIELANDER IKE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named ‘Fonda’, characterized by its numerous multi-petalled yellow-colored flowers; upright and uniform plant habit; freely branching growth habit; green-colored glossy leaves; 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 ‘Fonda’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18048 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.