Skip to content
The Patent Garden

US Plant Patent PP17980

JODIE

Kalanchoe plant named ‘JODIE’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 17, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 16, 2025. This patent earned 32 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17980, the photograph of JODIE printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17980, 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
PP17980
Filed
March 16, 2005
Granted
September 4, 2007
Expires
April 17, 2025
Assignee
KNUD JEPSEN AS
Inventor
JEPSEN KNUD; CHRISTENSEN ELLEN

Abstract

A new and distinct K. blossfeldiana×K. laciniata. interspecific hybrid plant named ‘JODIE’ characterized by a large number of petals per flower resulting in a double-type or multi-petalled trait; the large size of petals resulting in a large flower; a unique soft pink color with a touch of yellow; and a large number of flowers per plant.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct K. blossfeldiana×K. laciniata interspecific hybrid plant named ‘JODIE’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17980 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.