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US Plant Patent PP15305

Balshopink

Geranium plant named ‘Balshopink’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 3, 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 PP15305, the photograph of Balshopink printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15305, 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
PP15305
Filed
December 3, 2003
Granted
November 9, 2004
Expires
December 3, 2023
Assignee
SILZE GMBH & CO JG
Inventor
FISCHER-TOEHL ILSE

Abstract

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

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15305 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.