US Plant Patent PP18932

Glory

Veronica plant named ‘Glory’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 27, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 2, 2020. This patent earned 664 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP18932
Filed: December 2, 2000
Granted: June 17, 2008
Expires: September 27, 2022
Assignee: PHILPOTT HEATHER
Inventor: PHILPOTT HEATHER

Abstract

A new cultivar of Veronica plant named ‘Glory’ that was discovered in a cultivated area and is characterized by a dense compact habit and abundant, long-blooming, compact flower spikes of a deep violet color. These combined traits set it 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 ‘Glory’ as described and illustrated.

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