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US Plant Patent PP9138

Improved Samoa

Impatiens plant named Improved Samoa

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 25, 2014. 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
PP9138
Filed
July 25, 1994
Granted
May 16, 1995
Expires
July 25, 2014
Inventor
KIENTZLER LUDWIG

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea impatiens named Improved Samoa, particularly characterized by compact growth habit with excellent branching characteristics, very large white flowers with a pink blush, early flowering and very floriferous habits, medium green foliage, and suitability to 4 inch and 6 inch pots, and 8 inch hanging basket cultures.

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 named Improved Samoa, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9138 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.