US Plant Patent PP8938
Tempest
Impatiens plant named Tempest
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
- PP8938
- Filed
- December 13, 1993
- Granted
- October 11, 1994
- Expires
- December 13, 2013
- Assignee
- MIKKELSENS INC
- Inventor
- DREWLOW LYNDON W
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named Tempest, characterized by its relatively large diameter red and very light pink bicolor flowers, a standard petal which is larger than the other petals, dark green leaves with heavy greyed-orange variegation around the midrib, 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 15-25 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 Tempest, as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8938 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.