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US Plant Patent PP16647

Balserwibli

Osteospermum plant named ‘Balserwibli’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 24, 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 87 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16647, the photograph of Balserwibli printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16647, 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
PP16647
Filed
December 27, 2004
Granted
June 13, 2006
Expires
March 24, 2025
Assignee
SCHMUELLING WILHELM FA
Inventor
SCHMULLING MARKUS

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Balserwibli’ characterized by its single inflorescence form with “spoon” shaped, white-colored ray florets with “eye” and blue-colored disc florets, medium green-colored foliage, freely branching character, 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 ‘Balserwibli’, substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16647 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.