US Plant Patent PP17190

Sunshine Spires

Verbascum plant named ‘Sunshine Spires’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 24, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 16, 2025. This patent earned 38 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17190, the photograph of Sunshine Spires printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17190, 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: PP17190
Filed: June 16, 2005
Granted: November 7, 2006
Expires: July 24, 2025
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: KORLIPARA HARINI

Abstract

A new and distinct Verbascum plant characterized by numerous bright yellow flowers on numerous 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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