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US Plant Patent PP8396

Rhapsody

Impatiens plant named Rhapsody

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 26, 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
PP8396
Filed
March 26, 1992
Granted
September 28, 1993
Expires
March 26, 2012

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named Rhapsody, characterized by its very large deep reddish purple flowers, overlapped petals which give the flower a more rounded appearance, early blooming habit, and its relatively large green leaves with no variegation.

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 Impatiens plant named Rhapsody, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8396 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.