US Plant Patent PP16506

Rap Reeda

Verbena plant named ‘Rap Reeda’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 2, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 14, 2024. This patent earned 292 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16506
Filed: May 14, 2004
Granted: May 9, 2006
Expires: March 2, 2025
Assignee: GOLDSMITH SEEDS INC
Inventor: HANES MITCHELL EUGENE

Abstract

A Verbena cultivar particularly distinguished by red colored flowers, dark green foliage and vigorous growth.

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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