US Plant Patent PP16485

Balaroyal

Nemesia plant named ‘Balaroyal’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 12, 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 47 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16485
Filed: December 27, 2004
Granted: April 25, 2006
Expires: February 12, 2025
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: TALMADGE PAUL A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Nemesia plant named ‘Balaroyal’ characterized by its deep purple-colored flowers with yellow “eye”, medium green-colored foliage, and 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 Nemesia plant named ‘Balaroyal’, substantially as herein shown and described.

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