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US Plant Patent PP17794

Taylor

Kalanchoe plant named ‘Taylor’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 7, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 4, 2025. This patent earned 3 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17794, the photograph of Taylor printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17794, 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
PP17794
Filed
November 4, 2005
Granted
June 12, 2007
Expires
November 7, 2025
Assignee
FIDES BV
Inventor
VLIELANDER IKE

Abstract

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

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17794 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.