US Plant Patent PP13551

Dosblu

Verbena plant named ‘Dosblu’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 10, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 8, 2020. This patent earned 2 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13551, the photograph of Dosblu printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13551, 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: PP13551
Filed: June 8, 2000
Granted: February 11, 2003
Expires: June 10, 2020
Inventor: JOBLING BERES

Abstract

A new cultivar of Verbena named ‘Dosblu’ that is characterized by its spreading growth habit with dense foliage coverage and by its deep violet-blue flowers with a distinct white eye zone. The flowers fade with age to give a bicolor effect to the flower cluster.

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 plant named ‘Dosblu’ as described and illustrated.

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