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US Plant Patent PP15188

Balwhiswhit

Interspecific Diascia plant named ‘Balwhiswhit’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 11, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 12, 2023. This patent earned 30 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15188, the photograph of Balwhiswhit printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15188, 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
PP15188
Filed
December 12, 2003
Granted
September 28, 2004
Expires
January 11, 2024
Assignee
BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor
TALMADGE PAUL A

Abstract

A new and distinct Diascia plant named ‘Balwhiswhit’ characterized by its white-colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage and a spreading and trailing 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 Interspecific Diascia plant named ‘Balwhiswhit’ substantially as herein shown and described, which: 1. Exhibits white-colored flowers, 2. Forms medium green-colored foliage, and 3. Exhibits a spreading and trailing growth habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15188 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.