US Plant Patent PP16156

Plum Smokey

Verbascum plant named ‘Plum Smokey’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 23, 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 127 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16156, the photograph of Plum Smokey printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16156, 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: PP16156
Filed: June 18, 2004
Granted: December 13, 2005
Expires: October 23, 2024
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: KORLIPARA HARINI

Abstract

A new and distinct Verbascum plant characterized by numerous red purple 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 cultivar of Verbascum plant as herein illustrated and described.

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