US Plant Patent PP16311

Pink Panther

Veronica plant named ‘Pink Panther’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 17, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 5, 2025. This patent earned 43 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16311
Filed: March 5, 2005
Granted: March 7, 2006
Expires: April 17, 2025
Assignee: WITTEMAN & CO
Inventor: VERSCHOOR JAN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Veronica plant named ‘Pink Panther’, characterized by its upright, compact and sturdy plant habit; freely basal branching habit; dense and bushy plant form; long flower racemes; freely flowering habit; and pink-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 Veronica plant named ‘Pink Panther’, as illustrated and described.

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