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US Plant Patent PP15590

Balartublue

Nemesia plant named ‘Balartublue’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 26, 2023. 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 14 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15590, the photograph of Balartublue printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15590, 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
PP15590
Filed
December 12, 2003
Granted
February 22, 2005
Expires
December 26, 2023
Assignee
BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor
TALMADGE PAUL A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Nemesia plant named ‘Balartublue’, characterized by its violet-blue-colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, and upright, 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 ‘Balartublue’ substantially, as herein shown and described, which: 1. Exhibits violet-blue-colored flowers, 2. Forms medium green-colored foliage, and 3. Exhibits an upright and spreading growth habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15590 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.