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US Plant Patent PP20241

WEKwapunk

Climbing miniature rose plant named ‘WEKwapunk’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 28, 2028.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 3, 2027. This patent earned 56 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20241, the photograph of WEKwapunk printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20241, 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
PP20241
Filed
December 3, 2007
Granted
September 1, 2009
Expires
January 28, 2028
Assignee
GREENHEART FARMS INC
Inventor
CARRUTH THOMAS

Abstract

‘WEKwapunk’ is a new variety of miniature rose plant with informal, semi-double blossoms of a unique muted russet and smoky lavender with orange centers. Having a columnar and spreading habit makes it suitable for decorative use in a garden or as a specimen plant. This new variety has an above average degree of resistance to powdery mildew and rust.

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 miniature rose plant is claimed, substantially as described and illustrated herein, with vigorous columnar and spreading growing habit and producing flowers of a novel coloration.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20241 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.