US Plant Patent PP16504
Fisupnic Hotpink
New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Fisupnic Hotpink’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 2, 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 102 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP16504
- Filed
- April 22, 2004
- Granted
- May 2, 2006
- Expires
- August 2, 2024
- Assignee
- FLORFIS AG
- Inventor
- HOFMANN BIRGIT C
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Fisupnic Hotpink’ particularly characterized by the combined features of uniform, brilliant red-purple flower color; very large, round, flat flowers; uniform, deep green foliage; tall, v-shaped plant habit; mid season to moderately late flowering response; and good outdoor performance with good tolerance to both cold and heat.
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 ‘Fisupnic Hotpink’ as described and illustrated herein.
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