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US Plant Patent PP16552

Poulfl003

Floribunda rose plant named ‘Poulfl003’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 12, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 1, 2024. This patent earned 73 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16552, the photograph of Poulfl003 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16552, 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
PP16552
Filed
December 1, 2004
Granted
May 16, 2006
Expires
February 12, 2025
Assignee
POULSEN ROSER AS
Inventor
OLESEN MOGENS

Abstract

A new garden rose plant of the floribunda rose class which has abundant, apricot 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 ‘Poulfl003’, substantially as illustrated and described herein as a distinct and novel rose variety due to its abundant apricot flowers, dark green foliage, disease resistance, and extended period of bloom.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16552 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.