US Plant Patent PP15077

Roblee

Genus species Rhododendron hybrid varietal denomination ‘Roblee’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 21, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 6, 2023. This patent earned 15 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15077, the photograph of Roblee printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15077, 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: PP15077
Filed: October 6, 2003
Granted: August 10, 2004
Expires: October 21, 2023
Assignee: PLANT DEV SERVICES INC
Inventor: LEE ROBERT EDWARD

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Azalea plant found as a branch sport of the Azalea hybrid 'Conlec' U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,580. The new variety possesses a unique blooming time and is superior in development of an upright, dense, globose shaped plant with attractive large single pink flowers.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Azalea plant named ‘Roblee’, as illustrated and described.

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