US Plant Patent PP9214
BFP-364 Deep Coral
New Guinea Impatiens named BFP-364 Deep Coral
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 8, 2014. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP9214
- Filed
- November 8, 1994
- Granted
- July 25, 1995
- Expires
- November 8, 2014
- Assignee
- GEO J BALL INC
- Inventor
- TREES SCOTT C
Abstract
A new and distinct New Guinea Impatiens cultivar named BFP-364 Deep Coral is provided. This new cultivar was the result of a controlled breeding program wherein the BSR-195 Salmon cultivar U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,870) was pollinated by a plant designated 3617-10 (non-patented in the United States). The new cultivar forms attractive large dark coral flowers displaying an iridescent appearance, variegated bronze foliage, a strong basal branching character, and a medium upright growth habit. The new cultivar can be readily distinguished from the Melissa cultivar U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,837).
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 New Guinea Impatiens named BFP-364 Deep Coral substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) exhibits attractive large deep coral flowers, (b) forms bronze foliage with variegation under high light conditions, (c) exhibits a good branching character, and (d) exhibits a medium upright growth habit.
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