US Plant Patent PP10171
BFP-698 Cherry
New Guinea Impatiens named `BFP-698 Cherry`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 27, 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
- PP10171
- Filed
- September 27, 1996
- Granted
- December 30, 1997
- Expires
- September 27, 2016
- Assignee
- BALL HORTICULTURE COMPANY
- Inventor
- TREES SCOTT C
Abstract
A new and distinct New Guinea Impatiens cultivar named `BFP-698 Cherry` is provided. This new cultivar was the result of a controlled breeding program wherein a plant designated 6801-4 (non-patented in the United States) was pollinated by a plant designated 307 (non-patented in the United States). The new cultivar forms large bright cherry red flowers that display an iridescent appearance. The foliage is glossy dark green in coloration. An attractive compact upright mounted growth habit is exhibited. The new cultivar can be readily distinguished from the `BFP-467 Cherry Red` cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,520).
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 plant named `BFP-698 Cherry`, substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) exhibits attractive large bright cherry red flowers, (b) forms glossy dark green foliage, (c) exhibits a good basal branching character, and (d) exhibits a compact upright growth habit.
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