US Plant Patent PP5347
Mercur
Kalanchoe plant
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 5, 2002. 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
- PP5347
- Filed
- November 5, 1982
- Granted
- November 20, 1984
- Expires
- November 5, 2002
- Assignee
- MIKKELSENS INC
- Inventor
- SOMMER HEINZ
Abstract
A new and distinct Kalanchoe hybrid named Mercur characterized by its deep orange flower color, highly floriferous habit, sturdy, upright self-branching plant form with above average keeping qualities, and its adaptability to 10-15 cm. pot plant production on year around basis in controlled environments.
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 cultivar of Kalanchoe plant known by the cultivar name Mercur, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its deep orange flower color, highly floriferous habit, sturdy, upright self-branching plant form; above average keeping qualities; relatively dark green foliage with crenated margins, and by its adaptability to 10-15 cm. pot production on a year round basis in controlled environments.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5347 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.