US Plant Patent PP16658

Lavender Lass

Verbascum plant named ‘Lavender Lass’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 28, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 27, 2025. This patent earned 91 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16658
Filed: January 27, 2005
Granted: June 13, 2006
Expires: April 28, 2025
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: KORLIPARA HARINI

Abstract

A new and distinct Verbascum plant characterized by numerous bright lavender colored 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 Verbascum plant as herein illustrated and described.

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