US Plant Patent PP19878
Kate
Orchid plant named ‘Kate’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends February 11, 2028.
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
- PP19878
- Filed
- February 11, 2008
- Granted
- March 31, 2009
- Expires
- February 11, 2028
- Assignee
- MATHIS FAMILY ENTPR LLC
- Inventor
- MATHIS WILLIAM D
Abstract
A new Orchid plant particularly distinguished by having pale-lavender flowers, double branched inflorescences, a long scape and flower sepals and petals that open wide and erect, is disclosed.
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 Orchid plant as shown and described herein.
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