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US Plant Patent PP17472

Inuppink

Nemesia plant named ‘Inuppink’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 14, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 5, 2025. This patent earned 9 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17472, the photograph of Inuppink printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17472, 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
PP17472
Filed
July 5, 2005
Granted
March 6, 2007
Expires
July 14, 2025
Inventor
HOFMAN SILVIA; THEOBALD HENDRIK

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Nemesia plant named ‘Inuppink’, characterized by its upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy appearance; early flowering habit; numerous large red purple-colored flowers; and long flowering period.

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 Nemesia plant named ‘Inuppink’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17472 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.