US Plant Patent PP16535

Balucrehot

Lantana plant named ‘Balucrehot’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 20, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 27, 2024. This patent earned 114 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16535, the photograph of Balucrehot printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16535, 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: PP16535
Filed: December 27, 2004
Granted: May 16, 2006
Expires: April 20, 2025
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: TREES SCOTT C

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Lantana plant named ‘Balucrehot’ characterized by its flower color transitioning from yellow when first open to orange-red when fully mature, dark green-colored foliage, and compact, upright, and spreading 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 Lantana camara plant named ‘Balucrehot’, substantially as herein shown and described.

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