US Plant Patent PP16165

Pulena

Verbena plant named ‘Pulena’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 16, 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 44 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16165
Filed: December 3, 2004
Granted: December 13, 2005
Expires: January 16, 2025
Assignee: SYNGENTA SEEDS BV
Inventor: STEMKENS HENRICUS G W

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Verbena plant particularly distinguished by its deep-purple flower, early flowering and a habit that is spreading.

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 ‘Pulena’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

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