US Plant Patent PP14930

Balrufimla

Petunia plant named ‘Balrufimla’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 18, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 26, 2022. This patent earned 84 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14930, the photograph of Balrufimla printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14930, 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: PP14930
Filed: March 26, 2002
Granted: June 22, 2004
Expires: June 18, 2022
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: STROPE KERRY M

Abstract

A new and distinct Petunia plant named ‘Balrufimla’, characterized by its double, light lavender flowers, mounded-trailing habit and dark green leaves.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Balrufimla’ substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) exhibits double, light lavender flowers; (b) dark green foliage; (c) a good basal branching character; and (d) a vigorous mounded-trailing growth habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14930 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.