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US Plant Patent PP15780

Bismarck Pink

Pentas plant named ‘Bismarck Pink’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 13, 2024. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15780, the photograph of Bismarck Pink printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15780, 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
PP15780
Filed
April 13, 2004
Granted
May 31, 2005
Expires
April 13, 2024
Assignee
BODGER JOHN & SONS COMPANY
Inventor
LIN SORU

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Pentas plant named ‘Bismarck Pink’, characterized by its upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; short internodes and freely branching habit; dense and bushy growth habit; small, dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; and large pink-colored flowers with white-colored throats arranged in large terminal corymbs that are positioned above 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 Pentas plant named ‘Bismarck Pink’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15780 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.