US Plant Patent PP16137

Balserpink

Osteospermum plant named ‘Balserpink’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 9, 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 23 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16137
Filed: December 17, 2004
Granted: November 29, 2005
Expires: January 9, 2025
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: TREES SCOTT C

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Balserpink’ characterized by its single inflorescence form with pink-colored ray florets and blue-colored disc florets, freely branching character, dark green-colored foliage, and compact and upright 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 ‘Balserpink’, substantially as herein shown and described.

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