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US Plant Patent PP5563

Vista Impatiens No. 37

Impatiens plant named Vista Impatiens No. 37

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 29, 2003. 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
PP5563
Filed
December 29, 1983
Granted
September 24, 1985
Expires
December 29, 2003
Inventor
HOPE CLAUDE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of impatiens plant named Vista Impatiens No. 37 characterized by its large vivid fuchsia colored flowers with a light center eye, dark green foliage, good self-branching habit, moderate rate of growth, highly floriferous and substantially continuous flower habit, and by its tall upright habit, making the cultivar suitable for bedding plants and pot plant culture.

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 Vista Impatiens No. 37, as described and illustrated, and characterized by its large vivid fuchsia colored flowers with a light center eye, dark green foliage, good self-branching habit, moderate rate of growth, highly floriferous and substantially continuous flower habit, and by its tall upright habit, making the cultivar suitable for bedding plants and pot plant culture.

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