US Plant Patent PP16250
JACarque
Floribunda rose plant named ‘JACarque’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 21, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 18, 2024. This patent earned 34 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP16250
- Filed
- May 18, 2004
- Granted
- February 14, 2006
- Expires
- June 21, 2024
- Assignee
- JACKSON & PERKINS WHOLESALE
- Inventor
- ZARY KEITH W
Abstract
Floribunda rose plant having an apricot gold flower color; resistance to blackspot and rust; strong, sweet fragrance; blooming in clusters; and upright, compact plant habit.
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 rose plant of the floribunda class, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly by its apricot gold flower color; resistance to blackspot and rust; strong, sweet fragrance; blooming in clusters; and upright, compact plant habit.
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