US Plant Patent PP16824

Verweig

Weigela plant named ‘Verweig’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

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

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 15, 2025. This patent earned 27 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16824
Filed: April 15, 2005
Granted: July 18, 2006
Expires: May 12, 2025
Assignee: SPRING MEADOW NURSERY INC
Inventor: VERTHOEF BERT

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Weigela plant named ‘Verweig’, characterized by its compact, upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; green, white and red purple variegated leaves; and tolerance to high and low temperatures.

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 Weigela plant named ‘Verweig’, as illustrated and described.

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