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US Plant Patent PP9741

HWD Melodie

New Guinea Impatiens plant named `HWD Melodie`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 17, 2015. 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.

The record

Patent number
PP9741
Filed
August 17, 1995
Granted
December 10, 1996
Expires
August 17, 2015
Inventor
DUEMMEN GUENTER

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named HWD Melodie, characterized by its medium light pink flowers; floriferousness; flowers that are resistant to rain damage; compact growth habit; freely branching plant habit; and dark green and glossy non-variegated foliage.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named HWD Melodie, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9741 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.