US Plant Patent PP16477

Balserpurp

Osteospermum plant named ‘Balserpurp’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 8, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 20, 2024. This patent earned 170 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16477, the photograph of Balserpurp printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16477, 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: PP16477
Filed: December 20, 2004
Granted: April 25, 2006
Expires: June 8, 2025
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: TREES SCOTT C

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Balserpurp’ characterized by its single inflorescence form with dark purple-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 ‘Balserpurp’, substantially as herein shown and described.

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