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US Plant Patent PP15462

Tamar Purple Bicolor

Impatiens plant named ‘Tamar Purple Bicolor’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 3, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 31, 2023. This patent earned 216 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15462, the photograph of Tamar Purple Bicolor printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15462, 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
PP15462
Filed
October 31, 2003
Granted
January 4, 2005
Expires
June 3, 2024
Assignee
FIDES GOLDSTOCK BREEDING B V
Inventor
JORNA ANITA

Abstract

A new cultivar of Impatiens plant named ‘Tamar Purple Bicolor’ that is characterized by a large quantity of flowers, flowers that have a large size and red-purple flowers with a dark central band. In combination, these traits set ‘Tamar Purple Bicolor’ apart from all other existing varieties of Impatiens known to the inventor.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Impatiens plant named ‘Tamar Purple Bicolor’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15462 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.