US Plant Patent PP16524

Balobwablu

Lobelia plant named ‘Balobwablu’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 16, 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 61 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16524, the photograph of Balobwablu printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16524, 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: PP16524
Filed: December 17, 2004
Granted: May 9, 2006
Expires: February 16, 2025
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: TREES SCOTT C

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Lobelia plant named ‘Balobwablu’ characterized by its mounded and trailing growth habit, dark lavender blue-colored flowers, dark-green colored foliage, and day length neutral flowering 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 Lobelia plant named ‘Balobwablu’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

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