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US Plant Patent PP5131

Solared

Impatiens plant

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 2, 2002. 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
PP5131
Filed
March 2, 1982
Granted
November 1, 1983
Expires
March 2, 2002
Inventor
MIKKELSEN JAMES C

Abstract

An impatiens plant known by the cultivar name Solared and characterized by its brilliant scarlet flowers; high floriferousness; early blooming and continuous flowering with frost; superior self-branching and compact; mounded growth habit; variegated dark green foliage; resistance to fading; and by its adaptability to various use environments.

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 Solared, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized as to uniqueness by its brilliant scarlet flowers, high floriferousness, early blooming and continuous flowering until frost, superior self-branching and compact, mounded growth habit, variegated dark green foliage, resistance to fading, and by its adaptability to various use environments.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5131 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.