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.

The record
- Patent number
- PP16795
- Filed
- December 24, 2004
- Granted
- July 11, 2006
- Expires
- January 8, 2025
- Assignee
- FIDES GOLDSTOCK BREEDING B V
- 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.
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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named ‘Ross’, as illustrated and described.
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