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US Plant Patent PP17181

PENIMP

Diascia plant named ‘PENIMP’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 25, 2025. 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 PP17181, the photograph of PENIMP printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17181, 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
PP17181
Filed
July 25, 2005
Granted
October 31, 2006
Expires
July 25, 2025
Inventor
JONES SIDNEY JAMES

Abstract

A new cultivar of Diascia plant named ‘PENIMP’ that is characterized by compact habit, green leaves, sterility and pink flowers that form a complete canopy of bloom by early summer. In combination these traits set ‘PENIMP’ apart from all other existing varieties of Diascia known to the inventor.

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 Diascia plant named ‘PENIMP’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17181 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.