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US Plant Patent PP18378

ATN IM 5

Hemigraphis plant named ‘ATN IM 5’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 30, 2026. 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 PP18378, the photograph of ATN IM 5 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18378, 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
PP18378
Filed
March 30, 2006
Granted
January 1, 2008
Expires
March 30, 2026
Inventor
ANATRIELLO LUCILENE

Abstract

A new and distinct Hemigraphis plant cultivar is disclosed, characterized by dark purple/silver black leaves, a flat growth pattern, resistance to dropping older leaves and continuous new shoots from crown of the plant.

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 Hemigraphis plant named ‘ATN IM 5’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18378 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.