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US Plant Patent PP17072

Butly Cher

Impatiens plant named ‘Butly Cher’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 23, 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 PP17072, the photograph of Butly Cher printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17072, 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
PP17072
Filed
August 23, 2005
Granted
August 29, 2006
Expires
August 23, 2025
Inventor
JONKERS JOHANNA B

Abstract

An Impatiens cultivar particularly distinguished by large red-purple flowers, large foliage and a large plant size, good vigor and a trailing habit is disclosed.

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 Impatiens plant as shown and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17072 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.