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US Plant Patent PP8904

Shadow

Impatiens plant named Shadow

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 13, 2013. 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
PP8904
Filed
December 13, 1993
Granted
September 20, 1994
Expires
December 13, 2013
Inventor
DREWLOW LYNDON W

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named Shadow, characterized by its red-purple and purple-violet bicolor flowers, relative large diameter flowers, solid deep green leaves, early flowering habit, highly self-branching and floriferous habits, flowering entirely above leaf canopy, tolerance to both high and cool temperatures, and its adaptability to be grown in 10 cm up to 15 to 25 cm containers.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named Shadow, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8904 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.