US Plant Patent PP18681

Tamar Purple Star

New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Tamar Purple Star’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 12, 2026.

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 PP18681, the photograph of Tamar Purple Star printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18681, 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: PP18681
Filed: December 12, 2006
Granted: April 1, 2008
Expires: December 12, 2026
Assignee: FIDES BV
Inventor: MIEDEMA-JORNA ANITA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named ‘Tamar Purple Star’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading growth habit; mounded plant form; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; large purple and red purple bi-colored flowers; and good garden performance.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct Impatiens plant named ‘Tamar Purple Star’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18681 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.