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US Plant Patent PP9755

Cherry Ice

Impatiens plant named `Cherry Ice`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 12, 2015. 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.

The record

Patent number
PP9755
Filed
September 12, 1995
Granted
December 17, 1996
Expires
September 12, 2015
Inventor
VERHOEVEN THOMAS A

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Impatients plant named Cherry Ice, characterized by its consistently double, deep red flowers; uniform plant habit; freely branching habit; variegated foliage with green centers surrounded by a white edges; early flowering; and floriferousness.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named Cherry Ice, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9755 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.