US Plant Patent PP16940

Suntapilavepi

Verbena plant named ‘Suntapilavepi’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 9, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 28, 2025. This patent earned 103 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16940
Filed: March 28, 2005
Granted: August 8, 2006
Expires: July 9, 2025
Assignee: SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor: TAKAMURA NAOTO

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Suntapilavepi’, characterized by its outwardly spreading and decumbent plant habit; freely branching and vigorous growth habit; light red purple-colored flowers; freely and continuous flowering habit; long-lasting flowers; non-fertile flowers; and good garden performance.

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 named ‘Suntapilavepi’, as illustrated and described.

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