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US Plant Patent PP16242

Balserlav

Osteospermum plant named ‘Balserlav’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 30, 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 93 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16242, the photograph of Balserlav printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16242, 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
PP16242
Filed
December 27, 2004
Granted
February 7, 2006
Expires
March 30, 2025
Inventor
SCHMULLING MARKUS

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Balserlav’ characterized by its single inflorescence form with lavender-colored ray florets, violet-blue-colored disc florets, 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 ‘Balserlav’, substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16242 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.