US Plant Patent PP18596

Suntapisofpi

Verbena plant named ‘Suntapisofpi’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 19, 2026.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP18596
Filed: October 19, 2006
Granted: March 11, 2008
Expires: October 19, 2026
Assignee: SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor: TAKAMURA NAOTO

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Suntapisofpi’, characterized by its outwardly spreading to trailing plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; and intense purple-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 ‘Suntapisofpi’ as illustrated and described.

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