US Plant Patent PP18054

Balsalmisp

Salvia plant named ‘Balsalmisp’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 11, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 22, 2025. This patent earned 19 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP18054
Filed: November 22, 2005
Granted: September 18, 2007
Expires: December 11, 2025
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: TREES SCOTT C; CHOU TAU-SAN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia plant named ‘Balsalmisp’ characterized by its indigo-colored flowers, floriferousness, dark green-colored foliage, and vigorous, compact and upright 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 Salvia plant named ‘Balsalmisp’, substantially as herein shown and described.

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