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US Plant Patent PP17662

Misato FG3

New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Misato FG3’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 16, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 14, 2025. This patent earned 2 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17662, the photograph of Misato FG3 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17662, 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
PP17662
Filed
November 14, 2005
Granted
April 24, 2007
Expires
November 16, 2025
Inventor
KAWASHIMA MORIYA

Abstract

A New Guinea Impatiens cultivar particularly distinguished by its high blooming temperature and large magenta 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.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17662 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.