US Plant Patent PP17708

Misato FG1

New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Misato FG1’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 30, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 3, 2025. This patent earned 27 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17708
Filed: October 3, 2005
Granted: May 8, 2007
Expires: October 30, 2025
Assignee: SAKATA SEED CORP
Inventor: KAWASHIMA MORIYA

Abstract

A New Guinea Impatiens cultivar particularly distinguished by its high blooming temperature and large red flowers is disclosed.

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 as shown and described herein.

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