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US Plant Patent PP13725

Sunvivabura

Verbena plant named ‘Sunvivabura’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 17, 2019. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 19, 2021, but this patent ends 855 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13725, the photograph of Sunvivabura printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13725, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP13725
Filed
December 19, 2001
Granted
April 15, 2003
Expires
August 17, 2019
Assignee
SUNTORY LTD
Inventor
WATANABE YUKI; TACHIBANA RYUICHI

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a Verbena plant which has an erect growth habit and good plant height. The plant abundantly forms flowers in a spike with a great profusion of blooms. The blooming period is late April to November and the flowering duration is long. The whole plant remains in bloom for a considerable period of time. The flower size is large and the petal color is light purplish pink with further lightening towards the center. The plant is highly tolerant to heat and cold, and has high resistance to pests and diseases, particularly powdery mildew, and a high resistance to rain.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Verbena plant, substantially as herein illustrated and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by (A) an erect growth habit, (B) a plentiful amount of flowers in a spike with a great profusion of blooms, (C) a long flowering duration, (D) a large flower size and light purplish pink petal color with further lightening towards the center, and (E) having high resistance to rain, heat, cold, drought, diseases and pests.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13725 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.