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US Plant Patent PP16482

Milos

Kalanchoe plant named ‘Milos’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 25, 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 63 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16482, the photograph of Milos printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16482, 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
PP16482
Filed
December 24, 2004
Granted
April 25, 2006
Expires
February 25, 2025
Inventor
VLIELANDER IKE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named ‘Milos’, characterized by its numerous large yellow-orange and orange bi-colored flowers; upright, uniform and compact plant habit; freely branching growth habit; medium green glossy leaves; early flowering; 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 ‘Milos’, as illustrated and described.

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