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US Plant Patent PP5698

Vista Impatiens No. 44

Impatiens plant named Vista Impatiens No. 44

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
PP5698
Filed
December 29, 1983
Granted
March 25, 1986
Expires
December 29, 2003
Inventor
HOPE CLAUDE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of impatiens plant known by the cultivar name Vista Impatiens No. 44, and characterized by its large and brilliant lavender colored flowers with a white eye; profuse blooming, dark green foliage, compact, dense and spreading form, good self-branching habit, and moderate rate of growth, making it ideal for hanging baskets, pot culture and bedding plant 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 impatiens plant known by the cultivar name Vista Impatiens No. 44, as described and illustrated, and characterized by its large and brilliant lavender colored flowers with a white eye; profuse blooming, dark green foliage, compact, dense and spreading form, good self-branching habit, and moderate rate of growth, making it ideal for hanging baskets, pot culture and bedding plant use.

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