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US Plant Patent PP12428

Boddblpas

Double Impatiens Plant Named ‘Boddblpas’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 14, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 10, 2021. This patent earned 34 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 3 of US plant patent PP12428, the photograph of Boddblpas printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12428, 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
PP12428
Filed
April 10, 2001
Granted
February 26, 2002
Expires
May 14, 2021
Assignee
JOHN BODGER & SONS CO
Inventor
HEFFNER MICHAEL R

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Double Impatiens plant named ‘Boddblpas’, characterized by its compact, mounded and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; dark green leaves; large red purple-colored flowers; fully double flower form; freely flowering habit; and flowers positioned above the foliage.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Double Impatiens plant named ‘Boddblpas’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12428 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.