US Plant Patent PP26010
Balboufink
Impatiens plant named ‘Balboufink’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends June 12, 2034.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 17, 2034. This patent earned 87 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP26010
- Filed
- March 17, 2014
- Granted
- October 20, 2015
- Expires
- June 12, 2034
- Assignee
- BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
- Inventor
- GUILLEN MARIO
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named ‘Balboufink’, characterized by its dark pink and rose colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, compact, mounded-spreading growth habit, is disclosed.
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What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named ‘Balboufink’, substantially as herein shown and described.
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