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US Plant Patent PP17696

Carburgun

Verbena plant named ‘Carburgun’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 8, 2025. 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 PP17696, the photograph of Carburgun printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17696, 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
PP17696
Filed
December 8, 2005
Granted
May 1, 2007
Expires
December 8, 2025
Inventor
STEMKENS HENRICUS G W

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Verbena plant, substantially as herein illustrated and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by its burgundy flowers, very early flowering and a habit that is very compact 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 cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Carburgun,’ as substantially illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17696 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.