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US Plant Patent PP16176

TiWhit

Impatiens plant named ‘TiWhit’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 11, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 27, 2023. This patent earned 564 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16176, the photograph of TiWhit printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16176, 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
PP16176
Filed
March 27, 2003
Granted
January 3, 2006
Expires
October 11, 2024
Assignee
COSNER HARLAN B, COSNER SUSAN
Inventor
COSNER HARLAN B; COSNER SUSAN

Abstract

A new and distinct double-flowered Impatiens walleriana named ‘TiWhit’, producing white flowers that often show a light pink blush in temperatures warmer than 70° F. minimums; dark green foliage; medium vigor; fully double flowers held above or beyond the foliage on strong peduncles and pedicels; with a mounded growth habit.

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 double-flowered Impatiens walleriana plant named ‘TiWhit’, as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16176 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.