US Plant Patent PP8401
Marpesia
Impatiens plant named Marpesia
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 23, 2012. 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
- PP8401
- Filed
- April 23, 1992
- Granted
- September 28, 1993
- Expires
- April 23, 2012
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named Marpesia, characterized by its relatively large, dark orange-red flowers, compact growth habit with excellent self-branching without pinching, glossy, dark bronze-green foliage with red midveins, very early and uniform flowering, floriferous habit, and by its suitability to 4" or 6" pot or hanging basket culture.
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 Marpesia, as illustrated and described.
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