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US Plant Patent PP16141

Fisnics Burgsweet

New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Fisnics Burgsweet’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 20, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 22, 2024. This patent earned 120 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16141, the photograph of Fisnics Burgsweet printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16141, 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
PP16141
Filed
April 22, 2004
Granted
December 6, 2005
Expires
August 20, 2024
Assignee
FLORFIS AG
Inventor
HOFMANN BIRGIT C

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Fisnics Burgsweet’, and particularly characterized by the combined features of lavender and purple bi-colored flower color; medium to large, round, almost flat flowers borne well above the foliage; uniform, dark green foliage, relatively wide leaves; medium sized to larger, round and bushy plant habit; and early to medium flowering response.

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 ‘Fisnics Burgsweet’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16141 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.