US Plant Patent PP16986

Dark Eyes

Verbascum plant named ‘Dark Eyes’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 3, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 15, 2025. This patent earned 110 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16986
Filed: March 15, 2005
Granted: August 15, 2006
Expires: July 3, 2025
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: KORLIPARA HARINI

Abstract

A new and distinct Verbascum plant characterized by numerous light yellow colored flowers with purple eyes on very 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 Verbascum plant as herein illustrated and described.

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