US Plant Patent PP16198

Prose

Floribunda rose plant name ‘Prose’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 6, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 28, 2024. This patent earned 70 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16198
Filed: May 28, 2004
Granted: January 10, 2006
Expires: August 6, 2024
Assignee: WEEKS WHOLESALE ROSE GROWER
Inventor: SWANE EDGAR NORMAN

Abstract

A new variety of Floribunda rose suitable for garden decoration, having flowers of deep purple coloration with lighter reverse.

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

1. A new and distinct Floribunda rose plant of the variety substantially as described and illustrated herein.

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