US Plant Patent PP16508

Baldescarim

Geranium plant named ‘Baldescarim’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 19, 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 184 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16508
Filed: December 17, 2004
Granted: May 9, 2006
Expires: June 19, 2025
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: TREES SCOTT C

Abstract

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

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