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US Plant Patent PP12499

Meileyet

Hybrid tea rose plant named ‘Meileyet’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 26, 2019. 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 3 of US plant patent PP12499, the photograph of Meileyet printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12499, 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
PP12499
Filed
March 26, 1999
Granted
March 26, 2002
Expires
March 26, 2019
Assignee
CP DELAWARE INC
Inventor
MEILLAND ALAIN A

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Hybrid Tea rose plant is provided which forms attractive double blossoms that are pale pink bordered with pink depending on the season. Such blossoms possess no fragrance. The plant exhibits an erect growth habit, dark green and semi-glossy foliage, and very good disease resistance. The new variety is particularly well suited for producing cut flowers under greenhouse growing conditions.

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) Is substantially free of thorns, (b) Forms attractive double blossoms that are pale pink bordered with pink depending on the season, (c) Exhibits an erect growth habit, and (d) Is particularly well suited for the production of cut flowers under greenhouse growing conditions; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12499 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.