US Plant Patent PP18984

Rap Lilla

Verbena plant named ‘Rap Lilla’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 22, 2027.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP18984
Filed: February 22, 2007
Granted: June 24, 2008
Expires: February 22, 2027
Assignee: GOLDSMITH SEEDS INC
Inventor: HANES MITCHELL E

Abstract

A verbena cultivar particularly distinguished by purple-violet colored flowers, vigorous and free-branching with multiple secondary lateral branches, low, outwardly spreading, compact growth habit, and tolerance to powdery mildew is disclosed.

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 as shown and described herein.

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