US Plant Patent PP14786

Balpixsang

Impatiens plant named ‘Balpixsang’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 14, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 27, 2022. This patent earned 79 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14786, the photograph of Balpixsang printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14786, 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: PP14786
Filed: March 27, 2002
Granted: May 18, 2004
Expires: June 14, 2022
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: UCHNEAT MICHAEL S

Abstract

A new and distinct Impatiens plant named ‘Balpixsang’, characterized by its small salmon colored 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 ‘Balpixsang’ substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) exhibits small salmon colored flowers; (b) dark green foliage; (c) a compact growth habit; and (d) a good basal branching character.

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