US Plant Patent PP17287

Balwhispum

Diascia plant named ‘Balwhispum’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 8, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 7, 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: PP17287
Filed: December 7, 2005
Granted: December 19, 2006
Expires: January 8, 2026
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: TALMADGE PAUL A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Diascia plant named ‘Balwhispum’ characterized by its deep orange-colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, and vigorous, mounded and spreading 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 Diascia plant named ‘Balwhispum’, substantially as herein shown and described.

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