US Plant Patent PP16219

Lirosena

Verbena plant named ‘Lirosena’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 28, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 3, 2024. This patent earned 87 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16219
Filed: December 3, 2004
Granted: January 24, 2006
Expires: February 28, 2025
Assignee: SYNGENTA SEEDS BV
Inventor: STEMKENS HENRICUS G W

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Verbena plant particularly distinguished by its lilac-rose flower, early flowering and a habit that is semi-erect.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Verbena plant named ‘Lirosena’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

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