US Plant Patent PP18073

Verobiblue

Veronica plant named ‘Verobiblue’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 12, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP18073
Filed: December 12, 2005
Granted: September 25, 2007
Expires: December 12, 2025
Assignee: INNOVAPLANT GMBH & CO KG
Inventor: THEOBALD HENDRIK

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Veronica plant named ‘Verobiblue’, characterized by its upright, uniform, outwardly spreading and low-mounding plant habit; freely basal branching habit, dense and bushy plant form; early, freely and long flowering habit; and deep 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 ‘Verobiblue’, as illustrated and described.

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