US Plant Patent PP15988

Wesverscar

Verbena plant named ‘Wesverscar’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 27, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 1, 2024. This patent earned 26 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP15988
Filed: June 1, 2004
Granted: September 20, 2005
Expires: June 27, 2024
Assignee: JOSEF AND HEINRICH WESTHOFF GA
Inventor: WESTHOFF HEINRICH

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Wesverscar’, characterized by its cascading, roughly spherical plant habit; ovate to deltoid-shaped leaves; freely flowering habit; compact and spherical inflorescences; and intense dark red-colored flowers.

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 ‘Wesverscar’, as illustrated and described.

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