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US Plant Patent PP18822

Kiorona

New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Kiorona’

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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18822, the photograph of Kiorona printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18822, 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
PP18822
Filed
September 8, 2006
Granted
May 20, 2008
Expires
September 8, 2026
Inventor
KIENTZLER LUDWIG

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Kiorona’, characterized by its compact, upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy growth habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; and large dark red-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 ‘Kiorona’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18822 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.