US Plant Patent PP19980
Purple Jodie
Kalanchoe plant named ‘Purple Jodie’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends December 31, 2027.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP19980
- Filed
- December 31, 2007
- Granted
- May 12, 2009
- Expires
- December 31, 2027
- Assignee
- KNUD JEPSEN AS
- Inventor
- JEPSEN KNUD
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named ‘Purple Jodie’, characterized by its compact, upright, uniform and moderately vigorous growth habit; medium-sized dark green-colored leaves; uniform and freely flowering habit; double light red purple-colored flowers; 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 Kalanchoe plant named ‘Purple Jodie’ as illustrated and described.
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