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US Plant Patent PP15172

Balpixotse

Impatiens plant named ‘Balpixotse’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 30, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 16, 2023. This patent earned 14 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15172, the photograph of Balpixotse printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15172, 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
PP15172
Filed
December 16, 2003
Granted
September 21, 2004
Expires
December 30, 2023
Assignee
BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor
UCHNEAT MICHAEL

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named ‘Balpixotse’ characterized by its single, pink-colored flowers, dark green-colored foliage, compact, 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.

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named ‘Balpixotse’ substantially, as herein shown and described, which: 1. Exhibits single, pink-colored flowers, 2. Forms dark green-colored foliage, 3. Exhibits a good basal branching character, and 4. Exhibits a compact, upright and mounded growth habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15172 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.