US Plant Patent PP17407

Balrioapt

Portulaca plant named ‘Balrioapt’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 17, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 21, 2025. This patent earned 88 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17407
Filed: November 21, 2005
Granted: February 13, 2007
Expires: February 17, 2026
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: RAMIREZ ROLANDO SOLANO

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Portulaca plant named ‘Balrioapt’ characterized by its large apricot-colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage with grayed purple-colored margin, and vigorous, low spreading 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 Portulaca plant named ‘Balrioapt’, substantially as herein shown and described.

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