US Plant Patent PP16450

USBENAS26

Verbena plant named ‘USBENAS26’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 23, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 28, 2025. This patent earned 85 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16450
Filed: January 28, 2005
Granted: April 18, 2006
Expires: April 23, 2025
Assignee: PLANT 21 LLC
Inventor: SAKAZAKI USHIO

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘USBENAS26’, characterized by its low and outwardly spreading plant habit; vigorous growth habit; numerous large light 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 ‘USBENAS26’, as illustrated and described.

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