US Plant Patent PP16666

Balablim

Sutera plant named ‘Balablim’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 2, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 20, 2024. This patent earned 103 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16666
Filed: December 20, 2004
Granted: June 20, 2006
Expires: April 2, 2025
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: TREES SCOTT C

Abstract

A new and distinct Sutera plant named ‘Balablim’ characterized by its large dark lavender-colored flowers, dark green-colored foliage, good basal branching character, and spreading, trailing 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 Sutera hybrida plant named ‘Balablim’, substantially as herein shown and described.

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