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US Plant Patent PP15020

Wezaprt

Hybrid Tea rose plant named ‘Wezaprt’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 16, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 10, 2023, but this patent ends 783 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15020, the photograph of Wezaprt printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15020, 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
PP15020
Filed
March 10, 2003
Granted
July 13, 2004
Expires
January 16, 2021
Assignee
CP DELAWARE INC
Inventor
WEEKS O L

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Hybrid Tea rose plant is provided which forms attractive large double blossoms with a spicy fragrance that are amber-orange in coloration. The plant exhibits a bushy, vigorous and uniform growth habit, medium green foliage, and good tolerance to rose black spot. The attractive medium green foliage contrasts nicely with the lighter-colored blossoms. The new variety is particularly well suited for growing as attractive ornamentation in the landscape such as in parks and gardens. Cut flower production also is possible.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Hybrid Tea rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) exhibits a bushy, vigorous and uniform growth habit, (b) forms attractive large double blossoms with a spicy fragrance that are amber-orange in coloration, (c) forms medium green semi-glossy foliage that contrasts well with the lighter-colored blossoms, (d) exhibits good disease tolerance to rose black spot, and (e) is particularly well suited for growing as attractive ornamentation; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15020 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.