US Plant Patent PP16572

WEKblunez

Hybrid Tea Rose plant named ‘WEKblunez’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 13, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 10, 2024. This patent earned 156 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16572, the photograph of WEKblunez printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16572, 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: PP16572
Filed: August 10, 2004
Granted: May 23, 2006
Expires: January 13, 2025
Assignee: WEEKS WHOLESALE ROSE GROWER
Inventor: CARRUTH THOMAS F

Abstract

A new variety of hybrid tea rose suitable for garden decoration, having flowers of orchid pink coloration.

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 of the variety substantially as described and illustrated herein.

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