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US Plant Patent PP16509

Balserlabli

Osteospermum plant named ‘Balserlabli’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 19, 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 184 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16509, the photograph of Balserlabli printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16509, 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
PP16509
Filed
December 17, 2004
Granted
May 9, 2006
Expires
June 19, 2025
Assignee
BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor
TREES SCOTT C

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Balserlabli’ characterized by its single inflorescence form with lavender-colored “spoon” shaped ray florets and violet-blue-colored disc florets, small dark green-colored foliage, freely branching character, and compact, upright, and mounded 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 Osteospermum plant named ‘Balserlabli’, substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16509 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.