US Plant Patent PP4422
Exotic
Kalanchoe plant
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 7, 1998. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
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
- PP4422
- Filed
- July 7, 1978
- Granted
- May 29, 1979
- Expires
- July 7, 1998
- Assignee
- J & L PLANTS INC
- Inventor
- IRWIN LAWRENCE T
Abstract
There is disclosed a Kalanchoe Plant having a tall habit of 16 to 20 inches, flowers borne on stems well above the foliage, vivid, bright red color of blooms with moderate yellowish pink tones, ability to maintain flower color and form in dark environments, and non-closing habit at night.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Kalanchoe Plant, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by the unique combination of a tall, 16 to 20 inch habit, flowers borne on stems 6 inches above the foliage, earliness to bloom, vivid, bright red color of blooms with moderate yellowish pink tones, retention of flower color and form in dark environments, and non-closing habit at night.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4422 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.