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US Plant Patent PP15679

Balfansal

Geranium plant named ‘Balfansal’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 22, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 19, 2023. This patent earned 3 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15679, the photograph of Balfansal printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15679, 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
PP15679
Filed
December 19, 2003
Granted
March 15, 2005
Expires
December 22, 2023
Assignee
BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor
TREES SCOTT C

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Balfansal’, characterized by its semi-double salmon-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 ‘Balfansal’, substantially, as herein shown and described, which: 1. Forms semi-double salmon-colored flowers, 2. Forms dark green-colored foliage, and 3. Exhibits a vigorous, upright and mounded growth habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15679 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.