US Plant Patent PP17240

Balriorose

Portulaca plant named ‘Balriorose’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 2, 2025. 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 11 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17240
Filed: November 21, 2005
Granted: November 28, 2006
Expires: December 2, 2025
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: RAMIREZ ROLANDO SOLANO

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Portulaca plant named ‘Balriorose’ characterized by its light rose-colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, and vigorous, 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 ‘Balriorose’, substantially as herein shown and described.

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