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US Plant Patent PP18217

Imtrarestar

Impatiens plant named ‘Imtrarestar’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 22, 2026. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18217, the photograph of Imtrarestar printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18217, 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
PP18217
Filed
May 22, 2006
Granted
November 13, 2007
Expires
May 22, 2026
Inventor
SANDERS MONICA MARIA ADELHEID

Abstract

A new Impatiens plant, characterized particularly as to novelty by a flat and strong outward spreading growth habit, freely branching with branches that tend to grow horizontally, resulting in a big and floriferous plant with large carmine flowers with a distinct white star pattern.

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 named ‘Imtrarestar,’ as substantially illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18217 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.