US Plant Patent PP16460

Vergrecla

Hypericum plant named ‘Vergrecla’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 15, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 28, 2025. This patent earned 46 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16460, the photograph of Vergrecla printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16460, 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: PP16460
Filed: January 28, 2005
Granted: April 18, 2006
Expires: March 15, 2025
Assignee: HANDELSKWEKERIJ VERHEIJEN VOF
Inventor: VERHEIJEN EDWIN MARTIJN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hypericum plant named ‘Vergrecla’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; dark green leaves; bright green-colored fruits; and good postproduction longevity.

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 Hypericum plant named ‘Vergrecla’, as illustrated and described.

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