US Plant Patent PP18142

CHRISTY

Veronica plant named ‘CHRISTY’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 17, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 25, 2026. This patent earned 23 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP18142
Filed: May 25, 2006
Granted: October 23, 2007
Expires: June 17, 2026
Assignee: HENSLER CHRISTY ANN
Inventor: HENSLER CHRISTY ANN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Veronica plant named ‘CHRISTY’ that is characterized by low spreading habit, violet-blue flowers, and soft green fern-like foliage. In combination these traits set ‘CHRISTY’ apart from all other existing varieties of Veronica known to the inventor.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Veronica plant named ‘CHRISTY’ as described and illustrated herein.

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