US Plant Patent PP10109
BFP-490 Light Pink
New Guinea Impatiens named `BFP-490 Light Pink`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 24, 2016. 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
- PP10109
- Filed
- July 24, 1996
- Granted
- November 4, 1997
- Expires
- July 24, 2016
- Assignee
- BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
- Inventor
- TREES SCOTT C
Abstract
A new and distinct New Guinea Impatiens cultivar named `BFP-490 Light Pink` is provided. This new cultivar was the result of a controlled breeding program wherein the `Cameo` cultivar U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,316) was pollinated by a plant designated `BFP-363` (non-patented in the United States). The new cultivar forms large light pink flowers that display an iridescent appearance. The foliage is medium green coloration with a pale red midrib. An attractive medium upright mounded growth habit is exhibited. The new cultivar can be readily distinguished from the `Cameo` cultivar.
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-490 Light Pink`, substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) exhibits attractive large light pink flowers, (b) forms medium green foliage with a pale red midrib, (c) exhibits a good basal branching character, and (d) exhibits a medium upright growth habit.
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