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US Plant Patent PP18308

Ingvine

New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Ingvine’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 19, 2026. 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 PP18308, the photograph of Ingvine printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18308, 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
PP18308
Filed
May 19, 2006
Granted
December 11, 2007
Expires
May 19, 2026
Inventor
SANDERS MONICA MARIA ADELHEID

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Ingvine’ characterized by its large bright violet colored flowers with small, dark green foliage, early flowering, good heat tolerance, nice rounded shaped growth habit with excellent basal branching and good vigor.

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 ‘Ingvine’, as substantially illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18308 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.