US Plant Patent PP4363
Apache
Impatiens plant
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 6, 1998. 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
- PP4363
- Filed
- February 6, 1978
- Granted
- January 2, 1979
- Expires
- February 6, 1998
- Inventor
- RYAN JOHN J
Abstract
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of New Guinea Impatiens plant known by the cultivar name Apache, and discovered by me in commercial greenhouses in Fremont, Calif. Apache is closest in characteristics to Red Magic, but is particularly characterized by its thicker, richer dark foliage; no variegation; a small red flower that is slightly cupped; a more upright growth habit; and fewer flowers than Red Magic.
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 form of Impatiens plant as described and illustrated, known by the cultivar name Apache, and particularly characterized by a thick, rich, dark foliage; no variegation; a deep red flower that is slightly cupped; and a very upright growth habit.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4363 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.