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US Plant Patent PP17821

WEKearman

Hybrid Tea rose plant named ‘WEKearman’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 1, 2025. 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 PP17821, the photograph of WEKearman printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17821, 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
PP17821
Filed
December 1, 2005
Granted
June 19, 2007
Expires
December 1, 2025
Assignee
WEEKS WHOLESALE ROSE GROWER
Inventor
EARMAN JR ERNEST

Abstract

A new variety of Hybrid Tea rose suitable for garden decoration, having flowers of strawberry red 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.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17821 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.