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US Plant Patent PP15173

Balshobrili

Geranium plant named ‘Balshobrili’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 19, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15173, the photograph of Balshobrili printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15173, 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
PP15173
Filed
December 19, 2003
Granted
September 21, 2004
Expires
December 19, 2023
Assignee
BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor
TREES SCOTT C

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of geranium plant named ‘Balshobrili’ characterized by its bright lilac-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.

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of geranium plant named ‘Balshobrili’ substantially as herein shown and described, which: 1. Forms semi-double bright lilac-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 PP15173 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.