US Plant Patent PP16710

Amarena

Verbena plant named ‘Amarena’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 31, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 3, 2024. This patent earned 240 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16710, the photograph of Amarena printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16710, 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: PP16710
Filed: December 3, 2004
Granted: June 27, 2006
Expires: July 31, 2025
Assignee: SYNGENTA SEEDS BV
Inventor: STEMKENS HENRICUS G W

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Verbena plant particularly distinguished by its deep red flower, early flowering and a 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 named ‘Amarena’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

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