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US Plant Patent PP8906

Sonata

Impatiens plant named Sonata

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 9, 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
PP8906
Filed
December 9, 1993
Granted
September 20, 1994
Expires
December 9, 2013
Inventor
DREWLOW LYNDON W

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named Sonata, characterized by its double flower form with ten petals, salmon-orange flower color, relative small diameter flowers carried on green pedicels, long solid deep green leaves, later flowering habit due to double flower form; upright, highly self-branching and floriferous habits, tolerance to both high and cool temperatures, and its adaptability to be grown in 10 cm up to 15-25 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 distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named Sonata, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8906 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.