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US Plant Patent PP27428

Very Van Gogh

Veronica plant named ‘Very Van Gogh’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 20, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 26, 2035. This patent earned 83 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27428, the photograph of Very Van Gogh printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27428, 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
PP27428
Filed
February 26, 2015
Granted
November 29, 2016
Expires
May 20, 2035
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HURD KEVIN A
Inventor
HURD KEVIN A

Abstract

The new and distinct cultivar of hybrid ornamental spiked speedwell plant Veronica ‘Very Van Gogh’ with compact habit with upright habit and stiff, upright, heavily-branched spikes producing radiant rosy purple flowers over a long period and suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, and for cut flower arrangements.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of ornamental spiked speedwell plant, Veronica ‘Very Van Gogh’, as herein described and illustrated, with upright habit and stiff, upright, heavily-branched spikes producing radiant rosy purple flowers over a long period and suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, and for cut flower arrangements.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27428 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.