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US Plant Patent PP18113

KLEI04078

New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘KLEI04078’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 1, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 31, 2026. This patent earned 1 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18113, the photograph of KLEI04078 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18113, 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
PP18113
Filed
January 31, 2006
Granted
October 9, 2007
Expires
February 1, 2026
Inventor
KLEMM NILS

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘KLEI04078’, characterized by its compact and rounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; dark green-colored foliage; and large red purple-colored flowers.

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 ‘KLEI04078’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18113 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.