US Plant Patent PP16417

Biwarena

Verbena plant named ‘Biwarena’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 8, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 2, 2024. This patent earned 157 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16417, the photograph of Biwarena printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16417, 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: PP16417
Filed: December 2, 2004
Granted: April 4, 2006
Expires: May 8, 2025
Assignee: SYNGENTA SEEDS BV
Inventor: STEMKENS HENRICUS G W

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Verbena plant particularly distinguished by its lilac flower with lavander edges, early flowering, double incised leaves and a habit that is extremely 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 ‘Biwarena’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

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