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US Plant Patent PP17686

WEKsunvoye

Hybrid Tea rose plant named ‘WEKsunvoye’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 17, 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 PP17686, the photograph of WEKsunvoye printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17686, 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
PP17686
Filed
November 17, 2005
Granted
May 1, 2007
Expires
November 17, 2025
Inventor
CARRUTH THOMAS F

Abstract

A new variety of Hybrid Tea rose suitable for garden decoration, having flowers of blended apricot gold with an irregular yellow-colored fan-shaped pattern of venation on the under surface of the petals.

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 PP17686 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.