US Plant Patent PP16414

Twilight

Veronica plant named ‘Twilight’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 15, 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 71 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16414, the photograph of Twilight printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16414, 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: PP16414
Filed: March 5, 2005
Granted: April 4, 2006
Expires: May 15, 2025
Assignee: WITTEMAN & CO
Inventor: VERSCHOOR JAN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Veronica plant named ‘Twilight’, 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 light violet blue-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 ‘Twilight’, as illustrated and described.

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