US Plant Patent PP17937

Balfiestarsa

Impatiens plant named ‘Balfiestarsa’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 1, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 9, 2025. This patent earned 54 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17937, the photograph of Balfiestarsa printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17937, 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: PP17937
Filed: December 9, 2005
Granted: August 21, 2007
Expires: February 1, 2026
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: UCHNEAT MICHAEL S

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named ‘Balfiestarsa’, characterized by its double-type salmon-colored flowers with light red-colored mottling, dark green-colored foliage, and vigorous, upright mounded 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 Impatiens plant named ‘Balfiestarsa’, substantially as herein shown and described.

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