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US Plant Patent PP8457

Papete

Impatiens plant named Papete

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
PP8457
Filed
April 23, 1992
Granted
November 9, 1993
Expires
April 23, 2012
Inventor
KIENTZLER LUDWIG

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named Papete, characterized by its large, purplish-red flowers, compact growth habit with a tight branching habit requiring no pinching, green glossy foliage, very early and uniform flowering, floriferous habit, and by its suitability to 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 Papete, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8457 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.