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US Plant Patent PP17170

Honey Dijon

Verbascum plant named ‘Honey Dijon’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 8, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 14, 2025. This patent earned 24 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17170, the photograph of Honey Dijon printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17170, 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
PP17170
Filed
June 14, 2005
Granted
October 24, 2006
Expires
July 8, 2025
Inventor
KORLIPARA HARINI

Abstract

A new and distinct Verbascum plant characterized by short branched flowering stems of numerous gold colored flowers with purple centers.

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 Verbascum plant as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17170 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.