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US Plant Patent PP17473

Dueriimbu

New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Dueriimbu’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 15, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 30, 2025. This patent earned 15 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17473, the photograph of Dueriimbu printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17473, 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
PP17473
Filed
June 30, 2005
Granted
March 6, 2007
Expires
July 15, 2025
Inventor
DUEMMEN MARGA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Dueriimbu’, characterized by its upright, rounded and uniform plant habit; vigorous growth habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely branching and freely flowering habit; and red purple-colored flowers that are positioned above and beyond the leaves.

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 New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Dueriimbu’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17473 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.