US Plant Patent PP14050

Baltublue

Verbena plant named ‘Baltublue’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 27, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14050, the photograph of Baltublue printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14050, 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: PP14050
Filed: March 27, 2002
Granted: August 5, 2003
Expires: March 27, 2022
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: TREES SCOTT C

Abstract

A new and distinct Verbena plant named ‘Baltublue’, characterized by its violet flowers, spreading and trailing habit, and sharply lobed, dark green leaves.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena hybrida plant named ‘Baltublue’ substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) Exhibits violet flowers; (b) Sharply lobed, dark green foliage; (c) Exhibits a good basal branching character; and (d) Exhibits a spreading and trailing growth habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14050 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.