US Plant Patent PP20297
Balserpinkim
Osteospermum plant named ‘Balserpinkim’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends July 24, 2028.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 14, 2028. This patent earned 10 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP20297
- Filed
- July 14, 2008
- Granted
- September 15, 2009
- Expires
- July 24, 2028
- Assignee
- BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
- Inventor
- LAUGHNER LINDA
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Balserpinkim’, characterized by its medium pink-colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous and upright-mounded growth habit.
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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Balserpinkim’, substantially as herein shown and described.
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