US Plant Patent PP18448

KIE344

New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘KIE344’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 8, 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP18448
Filed: September 8, 2006
Granted: January 22, 2008
Expires: September 8, 2026
Assignee: PAUL ECKE RANCH
Inventor: KIENTZLER LUDWIG

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘KIE344’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy growth habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; and large red purple-colored flowers that are positioned above and beyond the foliage.

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 ‘KIE344’ as illustrated and described.

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