US Plant Patent PP5869
Twilight
Impatiens plant named Twilight
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired October 19, 2004. 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
- PP5869
- Filed
- October 19, 1984
- Granted
- January 27, 1987
- Expires
- October 19, 2004
- Assignee
- MIKKELSENS INC
- Inventor
- MIKKELSEN JAMES C
Abstract
An impatiens plant named Twilight, having red and light pink bicolor flowers, distinct variegated leaves, vigorous, highly self-branching dense bush growth habit making it useful for pot, hanging basket and bedding plant use; and by its adaptability to various environments of use.
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 New Guinea Impatiens plant named Twilight, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its distinct red and light pink bicolor flowers, distinct variegated leaves, vigorous, highly self-branching dense bush growth habit making it useful for pot, hanging basket and bedding plant use; and by its adaptability to various environments of use.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5869 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.