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US Plant Patent PP15865

Bodlizche

Mini Impatiens plant named ‘Bodlizche’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 11, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 22, 2023. This patent earned 233 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15865, the photograph of Bodlizche printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15865, 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
PP15865
Filed
December 22, 2003
Granted
July 19, 2005
Expires
August 11, 2024
Assignee
BODGER JOHN & SONS COMPANY
Inventor
HEFFNER MICHAEL R

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Mini Impatiens plant named ‘Bodlizche’, characterized by its compact, upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy growth habit; small dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; and small cherry red-colored flowers that are positioned above and beyond the foliage.

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 Mini Impatiens plant named ‘Bodlizche’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15865 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.