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US Plant Patent PP20497

Duempstraw

Verbena plant named ‘Duempstraw’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 4, 2028.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 26, 2027. This patent earned 405 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20497, the photograph of Duempstraw printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20497, 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
PP20497
Filed
May 26, 2007
Granted
November 17, 2009
Expires
July 4, 2028
Inventor
DUEMMEN TOBIAS

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Duempstraw’, characterized by its compact, mounding and cascading plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; large red-colored flowers that are held above and beyond the foliage in mounded umbels; and resistance to Powdery Mildew.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct Verbena plant named ‘Duempstraw’ as illustrated and described.

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