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US Plant Patent PP18015

Silte Litpinka

Impatiens plant named ‘Silte Litpinka’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 25, 2026. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18015, the photograph of Silte Litpinka printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18015, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP18015
Filed
April 25, 2006
Granted
September 11, 2007
Expires
April 25, 2026
Inventor
JONKERS JOHANNA B; SMIT ERIK

Abstract

A new Impatiens plant particularly distinguished by large double, pink to pale-pink flowers borne well-above the foliage, medium-green foliage with round leaves, an early flowering response, floriferous throughout the summer, a medium-sized, round, bushy and relatively tight plant habit with good branching ability, is disclosed.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant as shown and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18015 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.