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US Plant Patent PP5775

Dawn

Impatiens plant named Dawn

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 19, 2004. 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
PP5775
Filed
October 19, 1984
Granted
July 29, 1986
Expires
October 19, 2004
Inventor
MIKKELSEN JAMES C

Abstract

An Impatiens plant named Dawn, having numerous salmon pink flowers, small leaf size, vigorous, self-branching mounded growth habit making it useful for pot, hanging basket and bedding plant use; and by its adaptability to various environments of use.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named Dawn, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its numerous salmon pink flowers, small leaf size, vigorous, self-branching mounded growth habit making it useful for pot, hanging basket, and bedding plant use; and by its adaptability to various environments of use.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5775 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.