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US Plant Patent PP16182

Tickled Pink

Veronica plant named ‘Tickled Pink’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 10, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 18, 2024. This patent earned 145 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16182, the photograph of Tickled Pink printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16182, 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
PP16182
Filed
May 18, 2004
Granted
January 3, 2006
Expires
October 10, 2024
Assignee
CP DELAWARE INC
Inventor
FARROW MICHAEL

Abstract

A new and distinct Veronica spicata cultivar is provided that is well suited for providing attractive ornamentation in flower gardens. The plant is free-flowering and forms attractive bubblegum pink-colored racemes. A vigorous semi-prostrate growth habit is displayed. Durable long ovate to lanceolate leaves are formed. The plant commonly flowers on a substantially continuous basis from early July to mid-September.

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

1. A new and distinct Veronica plant having the following combination of characteristics: (a) exhibits a vigorous semi-prostrate growth habit, (b) is free-flowering and forms attractive bubblegum pink-colored racemes, (c) forms durable long ovate to lanceolate leaves, and (d) is well suited for providing attractive ornamentation in the landscape; substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16182 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.