US Plant Patent PP26311
SPRochoose
Floribunda rose plant named ‘SPRochoose’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends August 21, 2034.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 30, 2033. This patent earned 325 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP26311
- Filed
- September 30, 2013
- Granted
- January 19, 2016
- Expires
- August 21, 2034
- Assignee
- SPROUL JAMES A
- Inventor
- SPROUL JAMES A
Abstract
‘SPRochoose’ is a new and distinct variety of rose plant of the floribunda class with flowers of a striking pink blend in an exhibition, hybrid tea form. These flowers are borne initially in clusters that become the center of large sprays of 10 to 40 blooms or more. It has a vigorous and continuous blooming habit, with very good resistance to downy mildew and other rose diseases.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
The new invention claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of hardy rose plant of the floribunda class, substantially as illustrated and described herein.
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