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US Plant Patent PP17566

Fisco Litorch

New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Fisco Litorch’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 30, 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 PP17566, the photograph of Fisco Litorch printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17566, 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
PP17566
Filed
September 30, 2005
Granted
April 3, 2007
Expires
September 30, 2025
Assignee
HOFMANN BIRGIT CHRISTA
Inventor
HOFMANN BIRGIT CHRISTA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Fisco Litorch’, characterized by its relatively compact, outwardly spreading and uniformly mounded plant habit; rounded growth habit; freely branching and freely flowering habit; medium green-colored foliage; large blush pink-colored flowers; and flowers that are positioned above or beyond the foliage.

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 ‘Fisco Litorch’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17566 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.