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US Plant Patent PP15992

Pippijn

Kalanchoe plant named ‘Pippijn’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 14, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 20, 2023, but this patent ends 493 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15992, the photograph of Pippijn printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15992, 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
PP15992
Filed
August 20, 2003
Granted
September 27, 2005
Expires
April 14, 2022
Assignee
BREEDING AB
Inventor
SMAAL ANDRES

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named Pippijn is provided. This new cultivar is characterized by its bright red flowers, dark green foliage, compact growth habit and excellent basal branching.

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 ‘Pippijn’ substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) exhibits dark red flowers, (b) forms dark green foliage, (c) exhibits a good basal branching character, and (d) exhibits a compact upright growth habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15992 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.