US Plant Patent PP16015

USBENA291

Verbena plant named ‘USBENA291’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 8, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 29, 2024. This patent earned 40 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16015
Filed: April 29, 2004
Granted: October 4, 2005
Expires: June 8, 2024
Assignee: PLANT 21 LLC
Inventor: SAKAZAKI USHIO

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘USBENA291’, characterized by its low and outwardly spreading plant habit; vigorous growth habit; numerous large purple-colored flowers; and tolerance to Powdery Mildew.

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 ‘USBENA291’, as illustrated and described.

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