US Plant Patent PP17418

Balrioyel

Portulaca plant named ‘Balrioyel’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 24, 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 95 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17418, the photograph of Balrioyel printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17418, 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: PP17418
Filed: November 21, 2005
Granted: February 20, 2007
Expires: February 24, 2026
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: RAMIREZ ROLANDO SOLANO

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Portulaca plant named ‘Balrioyel’ characterized by its large, bright yellow-colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage with grayed orange-colored margin, 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 ‘Balrioyel’, substantially as herein shown and described.

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