US Plant Patent PP23297

Suntapiripi

Verbena plant named ‘Suntapiripi’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 22, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 17, 2031. This patent earned 97 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP23297
Filed: March 17, 2011
Granted: January 1, 2013
Expires: June 22, 2031
Assignee: SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD, MISATO TOMOYA
Inventor: MISATO TOMOYA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Suntapiripi’, characterized by its trailing plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; and light purple-colored flowers held above and beyond the foliar plane.

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 ‘Suntapiripi’ as illustrated and described.

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