US Plant Patent PP12976
Kiesel UCP
Verbena plant named ‘Kiesel UCP’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 22, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 13, 2021. This patent earned 39 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP12976
- Filed
- April 13, 2001
- Granted
- September 17, 2002
- Expires
- May 22, 2021
- Assignee
- KIEFT SEEDS HOLLAND
- Inventor
- MOONEN CARLA
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Kiesel UCP’, characterized by its compact, mounded and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; dark green leaves; and purple-colored flowers with light green “eye”.
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It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Kiesel
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