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US Plant Patent PP14714

Monroe

Kalanchoe plant named ‘Monroe’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 23, 2023. 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 PP14714, the photograph of Monroe printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14714, 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
PP14714
Filed
April 23, 2003
Granted
April 20, 2004
Expires
April 23, 2023
Assignee
FIDES GOLDSTOCK BREEDING B V
Inventor
VLIELANDER IKE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named ‘Monroe’, characterized by its numerous multi-petalled white-colored flowers; upright, uniform and compact plant habit; freely branching growth habit; dark green glossy leaves; and excellent postproduction longevity.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named ‘Monroe’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14714 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.