US Plant Patent PP15002

Balrufimpu

Petunia plant named ‘Balrufimpu’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 15, 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 81 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15002, the photograph of Balrufimpu printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15002, 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: PP15002
Filed: March 26, 2002
Granted: July 13, 2004
Expires: June 15, 2022
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: STROPE KERRY M

Abstract

A new and distinct Petunia plant named ‘Balrufimpu’, characterized by its double purple 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 ‘Balrufimpu’ substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) exhibits double purple flowers; (b) dark green foliage; (c) a good basal branching character; and (d) a mounded-trailing growth habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15002 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.