US Plant Patent PP16378

Kerr

Kalanchoe plant named ‘Kerr’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 30, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 24, 2024. This patent earned 157 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16378
Filed: December 24, 2004
Granted: March 28, 2006
Expires: May 30, 2025
Assignee: FIDES GOLDSTOCK BREEDING B V
Inventor: VLIELANDER IKE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named ‘Kerr’, characterized by its numerous multi-petalled soft red-colored flowers; upright, uniform and compact plant habit; freely branching growth habit; medium 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 ‘Kerr’, as illustrated and described.

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