US Plant Patent PP16224

Sugar Plum

Verbascum plant name ‘Sugar Plum’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 11, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 18, 2024. This patent earned 176 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16224
Filed: June 18, 2004
Granted: January 31, 2006
Expires: December 11, 2024
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: KORLIPARA HARINI

Abstract

A new and distinct Verbascum plant characterized by numerous purple flowers on numerous short, upright flowering stems, a compact habit, and excellent vigor.

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 Verbascum plant as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16224 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.