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US Plant Patent PP13070

Darwin's Blue

Veronica plant named ‘Darwin's Blue’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 25, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13070, the photograph of Darwin's Blue printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13070, 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
PP13070
Filed
April 25, 2001
Granted
October 8, 2002
Expires
April 25, 2021
Inventor
VAN DEN AARDWEGH CORNELIS MARI

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Veronica plant named ‘Darwin's Blue’, characterized by its upright plant habit; freely flowering habit; and dark violet blue-colored flowers.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Veronica plant named ‘Darwin's Blue’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13070 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.