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US Plant Patent PP14894

BENminn

Miniature rose plant named ‘BENminn’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 25, 2023. 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 PP14894, the photograph of BENminn printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14894, 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
PP14894
Filed
February 25, 2003
Granted
June 8, 2004
Expires
February 25, 2023
Inventor
BENARDELLA FRANK

Abstract

‘BENminn’ is a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant primarily identified by its vigorous, upright and spreading plant habit and it's medium pink flowers of hybrid tea form. There is little fade to the color of the flowers. Borne often in large sprays in such a manner that two or three sprays would make a notable bouquet. Flower stems within the sprays are a good length and can be cut individually to use for smaller bouquets or for exhibition.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of hardy miniature rose plant is claimed, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by a vigorous, upright and well branched plant bearing large sprays of medium pink blooms of hybrid tea form.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14894 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.