US Plant Patent PP18979

Raspena

Verbena plant named ‘Raspena’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 20, 2026.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 18, 2026. This patent earned 2 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP18979
Filed: December 18, 2006
Granted: June 24, 2008
Expires: December 20, 2026
Assignee: SYNGENTA SEEDS BV
Inventor: STEMKENS HENRICUS G W

Abstract

A new Verbena plant particularly distinguished by its red purple flower with a dark purple centre, early flowering, and a habit that is upright and later 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, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

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