US Plant Patent PP16519

Balcolvio

Geranium plant named ‘Balcolvio’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 6, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 20, 2024. This patent earned 107 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16519, the photograph of Balcolvio printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16519, 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: PP16519
Filed: December 20, 2004
Granted: May 9, 2006
Expires: April 6, 2025
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: TREES SCOTT C

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Balcovio’ characterized by its semi-double red-purple-colored flowers, dark green-colored foliage, and vigorous, upright, and trailing 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 Geranium plant named ‘Balcolvio’, substantially as herein shown and described.

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