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US Plant Patent PP16139

RUIMZ15

Hybrid tea rose plant named ‘RUIMZ15’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 24, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 13, 2023. This patent earned 162 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16139, the photograph of RUIMZ15 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16139, 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
PP16139
Filed
January 13, 2003
Granted
December 6, 2005
Expires
June 24, 2023
Inventor
DE GROOT HENK

Abstract

A new and distinct hybrid tea rose plant having attractive large cream flowers.

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 having attractive large cream flowers.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16139 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.