US Patent Issued to Sakata Seed on Sept. 23 for "New Guinea Impatiens variety SAKIMP072" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,238, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Sakata Seed Corp. (Yokohama, Japan).

"New Guinea Impatiens variety SAKIMP072" was invented by Chihiro Sato (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A New Guinea Impatiens plant designated SAKIMP072 is disclosed. Embodiments include seeds of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP072, plants of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP072, to plant parts of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP072, and methods for producing an impatiens plant produced by crossing New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP072 with itself or with another impatiens variety. Embodiments include methods for producing an impatiens plant containing in its geneti...