US Plant Patent PP17738

Carmapur

Verbena plant named ‘Carmapur’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 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 12, 2025. This patent earned 7 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17738
Filed: December 12, 2005
Granted: May 15, 2007
Expires: December 19, 2025
Assignee: SYNGENTA SEEDS BV
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 light lilac flowers that change to purple when it matures, 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 ‘Carmapur,’ as substantially illustrated and described herein.

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