US Plant Patent PP16278

Roblel

Azalea plant named ‘Roblel’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 1, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 13, 2024. This patent earned 172 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16278
Filed: July 13, 2004
Granted: February 21, 2006
Expires: January 1, 2025
Assignee: PLANT DEV SERVICES INC
Inventor: LEE ROBERT EDWARD

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Azalea plant named ‘Roblel’, characterized by its unique blooming time, dense and globose growth habit, and attractive large single pink flowers.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Azalea plant named ‘Roblel’ as illustrated and described.

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