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US Plant Patent PP15546

Balangbeke

Angelonia plant named ‘Balangbeke’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 6, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 19, 2023. This patent earned 18 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15546, the photograph of Balangbeke printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15546, 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
PP15546
Filed
December 19, 2003
Granted
February 8, 2005
Expires
January 6, 2024
Assignee
BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor
LEUE ELLEN F

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Angelonia plant named ‘Balangbeke’ characterized by its violet-blue-colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, and semi-prostrate to trailing, well branched growth habit.

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 Angelonia plant named ‘Balangbeke’ substantially, as herein shown and described, which: 1. Exhibits purple-colored flowers, 2. Forms medium green-colored foliage, and 3. Exhibits a semi-prostrate to trailing, well branched growth habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15546 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.