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US Plant Patent PP17649

Applause White

New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Applause White’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 23, 2025. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17649, the photograph of Applause White printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17649, 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
PP17649
Filed
August 23, 2005
Granted
April 24, 2007
Expires
August 23, 2025
Assignee
OGLEVEE LTD
Inventor
DREWLOW LYNDON W

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Applause White’, characterized by its compact, mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; freely flowering habit with flowers polished above the foliage; large white-colored flowers; and tolerance to full sun conditions and low and high temperatures.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Impatiens plant named ‘Applause White’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17649 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.