US Plant Patent PP22470
Meiteratol
Climbing rose plant named ‘Meiteratol’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends August 31, 2030.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP22470
- Filed
- August 31, 2010
- Granted
- January 31, 2012
- Expires
- August 31, 2030
- Assignee
- CP DELAWARE INC, MEILLAND ALAIN A
- Inventor
- MEILLAND ALAIN A
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of rose plant is provided which forms in abundance on a substantially continuous basis beginning in the spring attractive very double blossoms wherein the petal coloration is intense red-purple streaked with lighter red-purple. A very strong climbing growth habit is displayed. Commonly few thorns are present. Attractive very dense dark green foliage is formed having a glossy upper surface. Good disease tolerance has been observed. The new variety is particularly well suited for growing as distinctive colorful ornamentation in parks, gardens, and residential settings.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
1. A new and distinct rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) abundantly and substantially continuously forms attractive very double blossoms wherein the petal coloration is intense red-purple streaked with lighter red-purple, (b) exhibits a very strong climbing growth habit and commonly bears few thorns, (c) forms attractive very dense dark green foliage with a glossy upper surface, (d) displays good disease tolerance, and (e) is well suited for providing distinctive colorful ornamentation; substantially as herein shown and described.
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