US Plant Patent PP15742

Rap Orch

Verbena plant named ‘Rap Orch’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 1, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 5, 2024. This patent earned 26 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP15742
Filed: April 5, 2004
Granted: May 3, 2005
Expires: May 1, 2024
Assignee: GOLDSMITH SEEDS INC
Inventor: HANES MITCHELL

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Rap Orch’, characterized by its compact, low and outwardly spreading, and decumbent plant habit; freely branching habit; early and uniform flowering habit and bright purple-colored flowers.

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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Rap Orch’, as illustrated and described.

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