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US Plant Patent PP17328

Butly Depink

Impatiens plant named ‘Butly Depink’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 8, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 23, 2025. This patent earned 107 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17328, the photograph of Butly Depink printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17328, 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
PP17328
Filed
August 23, 2005
Granted
January 2, 2007
Expires
December 8, 2025
Inventor
JONKERS JOHANNA B

Abstract

An Impatiens cultivar particularly distinguished by large deep-pink flowers, large leaves, good vigor, and a branching and 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 PP17328 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.