US Plant Patent PP18963

Suntapipa

Verbena plant named ‘Suntapipa’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 16, 2026.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 19, 2026. This patent earned 28 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP18963
Filed: October 19, 2006
Granted: June 24, 2008
Expires: November 16, 2026
Assignee: SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor: YOMO YASUNORI; TAKAMURA NAOTO

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Suntapipa’, characterized by its outwardly spreading to trailing plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; and intense violet-colored flowers that are held above and beyond the foliage.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct Verbena plant named ‘Suntapipa’ as illustrated and described.

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