US Plant Patent PP12981

Kieverdros

Verbena plant named ‘Kieverdros’

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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12981, the photograph of Kieverdros printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12981, 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: PP12981
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 ‘Kieverdros’, characterized by its compact, mounded and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; dark green leaves; and light pink and purple bi-colored flowers.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Kieverdros’, as illustrated and described.

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