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US Plant Patent PP15472

Balfusheat

Impatiens plant named ‘Balfusheat’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 19, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15472, the photograph of Balfusheat printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15472, 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
PP15472
Filed
December 19, 2003
Granted
January 11, 2005
Expires
December 19, 2023
Assignee
BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor
CHOU TAU SAN; BARRY KRISTIN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named ‘Balfusheat’, characterized by its single, cupped red-colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, upright and mounded growth habit, and excellent basal branching.

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 ‘Balfusheat’ substantially as herein shown and described, which: 1. Exhibits single, cupped, red-colored flowers, 2. Forms medium green-colored foliage, 3. Exhibits a good basal branching character, and 4. Exhibits an upright and mounded growth habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15472 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.