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US Plant Patent PP12521

Boddblred

Double Impatiens Plant Named ‘Boddblred’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 2, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 13, 2021. This patent earned 80 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 3 of US plant patent PP12521, the photograph of Boddblred printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12521, 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
PP12521
Filed
April 13, 2001
Granted
April 9, 2002
Expires
July 2, 2021
Inventor
HEFFNER MICHAEL R

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Double Impatiens plant named ‘Boddblred’, characterized by its compact, mounded and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; dark green leaves; large dark red-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 ‘Boddblred’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12521 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.