US Plant Patent PP17278

Balgalbrise

Geranium plant named ‘Balgalbrise’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 22, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 10, 2025. This patent earned 12 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17278
Filed: November 10, 2005
Granted: December 12, 2006
Expires: November 22, 2025
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: TREES SCOTT C

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Balgalbrise’ characterized by its semi-double red-colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage with a slightly darker green-colored zone, and moderately vigorous and semi-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 ‘Balgalbrise’, substantially as herein shown and described.

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