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US Plant Patent PP17397

Meivility

Hybrid tea rose plant named ‘Meivility’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 11, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 23, 2025. This patent earned 19 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17397, the photograph of Meivility printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17397, 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
PP17397
Filed
March 23, 2005
Granted
February 6, 2007
Expires
April 11, 2025
Assignee
CP DELAWARE INC
Inventor
MEILLAND ALAIN A

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Hybrid Tea rose plant is provided which abundantly forms on a continuous basis attractive very double long-lasting cream white blossoms having a strong fragrance that are slightly suffused and bordered with pink. The new variety of the present invention is a spontaneous mutation of unknown causation of the ‘Meivildo’ variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,895). The plant exhibits very vigorous vegetation, a semi-erect growth habit, dense medium green foliage with a semi-glossy aspect, and good tolerance to crytogamic diseases such as powdery mildew. The attractive medium green foliage contrasts nicely with the blossom coloration. The new variety is particularly well suited for growing as attractive ornamentation in parks and gardens.

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

1. A new and distinct Hybrid Tea rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) exhibits semi-erect growth habit, (b) abundantly forms on a continuous basis attractive very double long-lasting cream white blossoms having a very strong fragrance that are slightly suffused and bordered with pink, (c) forms vigorous and dense medium green foliage having a semi-glossy aspect that contrasts well with the blossom coloration, and (d) is particularly well suited for growing as attractive ornamentation in parks and gardens; substantially as herein shown and described.

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