US Plant Patent PP17051

Mount Rushmore

Kalanchoe plant named ‘Mount Rushmore’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 6, 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP17051
Filed: June 6, 2005
Granted: August 22, 2006
Expires: June 6, 2025
Assignee: BREEDING AB
Inventor: ARTS NIELS

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named ‘Mount Rushmore’, characterized by its red purple-colored flowers; upright and uniform plant habit; freely branching growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; 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 ‘Mount Rushmore’, as illustrated and described.

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