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US Plant Patent PP13685

Delbiros

Hybrid tea rose plant named ‘Delbiros’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 11, 2021. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13685, the photograph of Delbiros printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13685, 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
PP13685
Filed
April 11, 2001
Granted
March 25, 2003
Expires
April 11, 2021
Inventor
DELBARD ARNAUD

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Hybrid Tea rose plant is provided that abundantly and nearly continuously forms attractive bicolored double flowers which are light pink and darker pink. The plant is well suited for cut flower production when grown in the greenhouse. The flowers exhibit a good vase life and possess petals that detach cleanly. The plant exhibits a bushy growth habit, forms semi-vigorous to vigorous medium glossy vegetation, and is well suited for forcing when producing cut flowers. Additionally, the plant displays good disease resistance.

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 Hybrid Tea rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) from a physical point of view forms green mature wood, displays a bushy growth habit, and forms attractive long-lasting bicolored light pink and darker pink double flowers, and (b) from the biological point of view forms semi-vigorous to vigorous vegetation, produces flowers in abundance, exhibits the ability readily to be forced, and is resistant to diseases; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13685 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.