US Plant Patent PP17423

Verbrig

Veronica plant named ‘Verbrig’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 4, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 14, 2025. This patent earned 20 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17423
Filed: June 14, 2005
Granted: February 20, 2007
Expires: July 4, 2025
Assignee: BRIGGS PETER
Inventor: BRIGGS PETER

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Veronica plant named ‘Verbrig’, characterized by its upright. outwardly spreading and low mounding plant habit; freely basal branching habit; dense and bushy plant form; variegated foliage; freely flowering habit; and 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 ‘Verbrig’, as illustrated and described.

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