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US Plant Patent PP14936

Chrisgood

Floribunda rose plant named ‘Chrisgood’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 28, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14936, the photograph of Chrisgood printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14936, 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
PP14936
Filed
June 28, 2002
Granted
June 22, 2004
Expires
June 28, 2022
Inventor
CHRISTENSEN JACK E

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Floribunda rose plant is provided which abundantly forms double flat cup-shaped bright multi-colored blossoms. The blossoms display a distinctive random mixture of streaks and spots of red, orange, and yellow on the upper petal surfaces. The plant exhibits an upright bushy growth habit. The foliage is medium to dark green and semi-glossy and contrasts nicely with the multi-colored blossoms. The new variety is particularly well suited for growing as attractive ornamentation in an informal garden setting.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Floribunda rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) an upright bushy growth habit, (b) abundantly forms attractive double flat cup-shaped bright multi-colored blossoms that are a distinctive random mixture in streaks and spots of red, orange, and yellow on the upper petal surfaces, (c) forms medium to dark green semi-glossy foliage, and (d) is particularly well suited for growing in an informal garden setting; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14936 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.