US Plant Patent PP16214

Why Not Cherise?

Hybrid Tea Rose plant named ‘Why Not Cherise?’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 8, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 5, 2021. This patent earned 124 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16214, the photograph of Why Not Cherise? printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16214, 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: PP16214
Filed: December 5, 2001
Granted: January 24, 2006
Expires: April 8, 2022
Assignee: COINER NURSERY
Inventor: COINER JAMES W

Abstract

A new and distinct Hybrid Tea Rose plant variety with dark red 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 of the variety substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16214 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.