US Plant Patent PP16518

Baldelmalo

Dahlia plant named ‘Baldelmalo’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 27, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 17, 2024. This patent earned 100 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16518, the photograph of Baldelmalo printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16518, 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: PP16518
Filed: December 17, 2004
Granted: May 9, 2006
Expires: March 27, 2025
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: GITZELS JEROEN

Abstract

A new and distinct Dahlia plant named ‘Baldelmalo’ characterized by its white-colored ray florets, yellow-colored disc florets, and vigorous, upright, and mounded 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 ‘Baldelmalo’, substantially as herein shown and described.

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