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US Plant Patent PP15932

Verena

Verbena×hybrida plant named ‘Verena’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 4, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 8, 2024. This patent earned 149 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15932, the photograph of Verena printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15932, 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
PP15932
Filed
March 8, 2004
Granted
August 30, 2005
Expires
August 4, 2024
Assignee
SYNGENTA SEEDS BV
Inventor
STEMKENS HENRICUS

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Verbena plant named ‘Verena’ particularly distingushed by its deeppink flower, incised leaves, early flowering and a spreading habit that is first semi-erect and later spreading.

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 Verbena plant, substantially as herein illustrated and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by deeppink flowers, which appear earlier on the plant, by incised darkgreen leaves and a growing habit that is first semi-erect and later spreading.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15932 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.