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US Plant Patent PP18068

KLEVE04342

Verbena plant named ‘KLEVE04342’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 10, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 31, 2026. This patent earned 10 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18068, the photograph of KLEVE04342 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18068, 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
PP18068
Filed
January 31, 2006
Granted
September 25, 2007
Expires
February 10, 2026
Assignee
NUFLORA INT PTY LTD
Inventor
LI RUIJUN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘KLEVE04342’, characterized by its outwardly spreading to trailing and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy growth habit; large and numerous violet-colored flowers with pale yellow-colored centers and with flowers held above and beyond the foliage; 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 cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘KLEVE04342’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18068 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.