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US Plant Patent PP16795

Ross

Kalanchoe plant named ‘Ross’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 8, 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 15 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16795, the photograph of Ross printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16795, 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
PP16795
Filed
December 24, 2004
Granted
July 11, 2006
Expires
January 8, 2025
Inventor
VLIELANDER IKE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named ‘Ross’, characterized by its numerous multi-petalled red purple-colored flowers; upright, uniform and compact plant habit; freely branching growth habit; medium green-colored glossy leaves; 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 ‘Ross’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16795 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.