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US Plant Patent PP17841

Meidelweis

Floribunda rose plant named ‘Meidelweis’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 23, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 3, 2024. This patent earned 324 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17841, the photograph of Meidelweis printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17841, 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
PP17841
Filed
December 3, 2004
Granted
July 3, 2007
Expires
October 23, 2025
Assignee
CP DELAWARE INC
Inventor
MEILLAND ALAIN A

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of rose plant of the Floribunda Class is provided which abundantly forms attractive pure white blossoms possessing a large number of petals and a configuration similar to that of an old-fashioned rose. The petals initially bear some pink coloration at the margins that is lost as the blossoms fully mature. The growth habit is compact and bushy. Very ornamental dark green and glossy foliage is formed that contrasts nicely with the white blossom coloration. The fragrance of the blossoms is distinctive and is reminiscent of citrus. The new variety is particularly well suited for forming attractive ornamentation in the landscape.

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 characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) exhibits a compact and bushy growth habit, (b) forms in abundance attractive pure white blossoms that initially include some pink coloration at the margins prior to full maturity possessing a large number of petals and a configuration similar to that of an old-fashioned rose which display a citrus fragrance, (c) forms very ornamental dark green and glossy foliage, and (d) is particularly well suited for forming attractive ornamentation in the landscape; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17841 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.