US Plant Patent PP5135
Flare
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
- PP5135
- Filed
- March 2, 1982
- Granted
- November 8, 1983
- Expires
- March 2, 2002
- Assignee
- MIKKELSENS INC
- Inventor
- MIKKELSEN JAMES C
Abstract
An impatiens plant known by the cultivar name Flare and characterized by its compact, superior self-branching habit; bright dark red to a dull red flower color depending on light conditions; variegated to wholly green foliage depending on light conditions; superior floriferousness; excellent keeping qualities for house plant use, and by its adaptability to varying 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 Flare, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its compact, superior self-branching habit; bright dark red to a dull red flower color depending on light conditions; variegated to wholly green foliage depending on light conditions; superior floriferousness; excellent keeping qualities for house plant use, and by its adaptability to varying use environments.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5135 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.