US Plant Patent PP15773
JACfrens
Hybrid tea rose named ‘JACfrens’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 18, 2024. 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
- PP15773
- Filed
- May 18, 2004
- Granted
- May 17, 2005
- Expires
- May 18, 2024
- Assignee
- JACKSON & PERKINS WHOLESALE
- Inventor
- ZARY KEITH W
Abstract
Hybrid tea rose plant having large, bright, early yellow flower changing to a blend as it ages; sweet fragrance; dark, glossy foliage; resistance to powdery mildew and rust; and ability to grow vigorously on its own roots.
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 hybrid tea class, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly by its large, bright, early yellow flower changing to a blend as it ages; sweet fragrance; dark, glossy foliage; resistance to powdery mildew and rust; and ability to grow vigorously on its own roots.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15773 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.