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US Plant Patent PP16078

Fisnics Lil

New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Fisnics Lil’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 16, 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 85 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16078, the photograph of Fisnics Lil printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16078, 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
PP16078
Filed
April 22, 2004
Granted
November 1, 2005
Expires
July 16, 2024
Assignee
FLORFIS AG
Inventor
HOFMANN BIRGIT C

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Fisnics Lil’ particularly characterized by the combined features of uniform, brilliant purple flower color; large, round flowers on relatively long peduncles; intense medium green foliage, relatively large leaves; medium to tall, round and bushy plant habit; early to medium flowering response; and suitable both for sale as a flowering pot plant and as a relatively weather tolerant outdoor plant.

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

1. A new and distinct New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Fisnics Lil’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16078 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.