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US Plant Patent PP17702

Immivoil

Mini Impatiens plant named ‘Immivoil’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 30, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 8, 2025. This patent earned 144 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17702, the photograph of Immivoil printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17702, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP17702
Filed
September 8, 2005
Granted
May 8, 2007
Expires
January 30, 2026
Inventor
SANDERS MONICA MARIA ADELHEID

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of mini Impatiens plant characterized by its small red purple flowers, freely flowering habit, dark green foliage, and bushy shaped growth habit with excellent basal branching.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of mini Impatiens plant named ‘Immiviol’, as substantially illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17702 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.