US Plant Patent PP16438

Nemo

Kalanchoe plant named ‘Nemo’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 11, 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 49 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16438
Filed: December 24, 2004
Granted: April 11, 2006
Expires: February 11, 2025
Assignee: FIDES GOLDSTOCK BREEDING B V
Inventor: VLIELANDER IKE

Abstract

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

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