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US Plant Patent PP12927

Balwilrose

Verbena plant named ‘Balwilrose’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 27, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 30, 2021. This patent earned 28 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12927, the photograph of Balwilrose printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12927, 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
PP12927
Filed
March 30, 2001
Granted
September 10, 2002
Expires
April 27, 2021
Assignee
BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor
TREES SCOTT

Abstract

A new and distinct Verbena plant named "Balwilrose', characterized by its reddish purple flowers, mounded trailing habit, and 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 ‘Balwilrose’ substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) Exhibits reddish purple flowers, (b) Forms dark green foliage, (c) Exhibits a good basal branching character and (d) Exhibits a mounded and trailing growth habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12927 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.