US Plant Patent PP17286

Baldelhon

Dahlia plant named ‘Baldelhon’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 10, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 9, 2025. This patent earned 32 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17286
Filed: December 9, 2005
Granted: December 19, 2006
Expires: January 10, 2026
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: GITZELS JEROEN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘Baldelhon’ characterized by its light red and orange-bicolored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, good basal branching character, and moderately vigorous, upright 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 Dahlia plant named ‘Baldelhon’, substantially as herein shown and described.

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