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US Plant Patent PP15212

Balpixpico

Impatiens plant named ‘Balpixpico’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 1, 2022. 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 PP15212, the photograph of Balpixpico printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15212, 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
PP15212
Filed
April 1, 2002
Granted
October 12, 2004
Expires
April 1, 2022
Assignee
BALL FLORAPLANT A DIVISION BAL
Inventor
GUILLEN MARIO

Abstract

A new and distinct Impatiens plant named ‘Balpixpico’, characterized by its small pink and white bicolor flowers, compact growth habit and dark green leaves.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named ‘Balpixpico’ substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) exhibits small pink and white bicolor flowers; (b) dark green foliage; (c) a compact growth habit; and (d) a good basal branching character.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15212 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.