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US Plant Patent PP7797

Heathermist

Impatiens plant named Heathermist

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 31, 2010. 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
PP7797
Filed
October 31, 1990
Granted
February 18, 1992
Expires
October 31, 2010

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named Heathermist, characterized by its light lavender flowers with a light green spur and light green pedicels; long, narrow dark green leaves with a purplish cast; one flower bud per leaf axil; early blooming and floriferous habit; and its ability to continuously bloom under high temperatures and high sunlight, as well as cool temperatures.

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 Impatiens plant named Heathermist, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7797 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.