US Plant Patent PP15687

Duplena

Verbena plant named ‘Duplena’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 26, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 15, 2023. This patent earned 70 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP15687
Filed: January 15, 2003
Granted: March 22, 2005
Expires: March 26, 2023
Assignee: SYNGENTA SEEDS BV
Inventor: STEMKENS HENRICUS G W

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Verbena plant particularly distinguished by its lilac flowers, early flowering, and a spreading habit that is first semi-erect 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 ‘Duplena’, as illustrated and described.

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