US Plant Patent PP16551

Balhelbabim

Heliotrope plant named ‘Balhelbabim’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 14, 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 59 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16551
Filed: December 17, 2004
Granted: May 16, 2006
Expires: February 14, 2025
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: TREES SCOTT C

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Heliotrope plant named ‘Balhelbabim’, characterized by its light purple-colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, and compact and upright 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 Heliotrope plant named ‘Balhelbabim’, substantially as herein shown and described.

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