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US Plant Patent PP8422

Samoa

Impatiens plant named Samoa

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
PP8422
Filed
April 23, 1992
Granted
October 12, 1993
Expires
April 23, 2012
Inventor
KIENTZLER LUDWIG

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of impatiens plant named Samoa, characterized by its large, pink-tinged white flowers, compact growth habit with excellent self-branching without pinching, medium green foliage with red midveins, 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 impatiens Impatiens plant named Samoa, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8422 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.