US Plant Patent PP14387

Balnovost

Dahlia plant named ‘Balnovost’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 27, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14387, the photograph of Balnovost printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14387, 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: PP14387
Filed: March 27, 2002
Granted: December 16, 2003
Expires: March 27, 2022
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: ANDERSON NEIL

Abstract

A new and distinct Dahlia plant named ‘Balnovost’, characterized by its semi-double lavender and white bicolor ray florets, upright mounded form and moderately vigorous growth habit, is provided.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct Dahlia plant named ‘Balnovost’ substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) exhibits an upright mounded form; (b) forms semi-double inflorescences with lavender and white bicolor ray florets; and (c) exhibits a moderately vigorous growth habit.

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