US Plant Patent PP16400

Verputa

Hypericum plant named ‘Verputa’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 3, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 23, 2024. This patent earned 102 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16400
Filed: August 23, 2004
Granted: April 4, 2006
Expires: December 3, 2024
Assignee: HANDELSKWEKERIJ VERHEIJPN VOF
Inventor: VERHEIJEN EDWIN MARTIJN

Abstract

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

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 ‘Verputa’, as illustrated and described.

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