US Plant Patent PP8199
Morten
Hybrid Rugosa rose plant named `Morten`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired October 29, 2011. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP8199
- Filed
- October 29, 1991
- Granted
- April 13, 1993
- Expires
- October 29, 2011
Abstract
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of shrub type rose plant primarily identified by the vigorous plant and the abundance of red buds and flowers.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
The following is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of Hybrid Rugosa shrub rose plant of hardy, bushy, upright, much branced habit, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by buds and flowers of decorative (informal) form, essentially medium red in color, with reverse of petals being a slightly lighter shade of red, and further characterized by the plant of vigorous well rounded shape, with the main stems and shoots being moderately thorny, said plant being easy to propagate from cuttings or by budding, with an abundance of medium to large (Rugosa type) semi-glossy to matte foliage and an abundance of flowers borne in sprays or clusters of 5 to 25 or more.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8199 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.