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US Plant Patent PP18180

Poulcas026

Floribunda rose plant named ‘Poulcas026’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 3, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 31, 2026. This patent earned 3 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18180, the photograph of Poulcas026 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18180, 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
PP18180
Filed
March 31, 2006
Granted
November 6, 2007
Expires
April 3, 2026
Inventor
OLESEN MOGENS N

Abstract

A new garden rose plant of the floribunda class which has abundant, red flowers and attractive foliage. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

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 rose class named ‘Poulcas026’, substantially as illustrated and described herein, due to its abundant red flowers, disease resistance, and extended period of bloom.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18180 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.