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US Plant Patent PP20120

Campagna Verde

Lippia plant named ‘Campagna Verde’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 22, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 21, 2025. This patent earned 152 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20120, the photograph of Campagna Verde printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20120, 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
PP20120
Filed
October 21, 2005
Granted
June 23, 2009
Expires
March 22, 2026
Inventor
KURAMOCHI HITOSHI

Abstract

A new cross-species hybrid within the Verbenaceae family, named ‘Campagna-Verde’, having superior vigor and suitability for use as a groundcover, as characterized by fast growth rate, prostrate growth habit forming a dense mat, absent or rare production of seeds, resistance to low and high temperature extremes, resistance to high salinity, resistance to low and high pH extremes, resistance to arid and humid conditions, good tolerance to trampling, and resistance to diseases and pests.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Lippia plant named ‘Campagna-Verde’, substantially as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20120 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.