US Plant Patent PP16525

Balazmapurp

Verbena plant named ‘Balazmapurp’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 19, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 20, 2024. This patent earned 61 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16525, the photograph of Balazmapurp printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16525, 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: PP16525
Filed: December 20, 2004
Granted: May 9, 2006
Expires: February 19, 2025
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: TREES SCOTT C

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Balazmapurp’ characterized by its purple-colored flowers, intermediate serrate, dark green-colored foliage, good basal branching character, and spreading and trailing growth habit.

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 Verbena hybrida plant named ‘Balazmapurp’, substantially as herein shown and described.

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