US Plant Patent PP20641
Ballistic
Cuphea plant named ‘Ballistic’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends October 10, 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
- PP20641
- Filed
- October 10, 2008
- Granted
- January 12, 2010
- Expires
- October 10, 2028
- Assignee
- KEOGH TERENCE
- Inventor
- KEOGH TERENCE
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Cuphea named ‘BALLISTIC’ that is characterized by mounding habit and many large flowers which are colored pink to red, dark purple and white. In combination these characteristics set ‘BALLISTIC’ apart from all other existing varieties of Cuphea known to the inventor.
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 Cuphea plant named ‘BALLISTIC’ as described and illustrated herein.
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