KORspunty

KORspunty

Miniature rose plant named ‘KORspunty’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 22, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 17, 2025. This patent earned 35 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17402, the photograph of KORspunty printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17402, 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.

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of miniature rose with long lasting, novel yellow flowers, and dark green and attractive foliage. It exhibits compact, uniform growth and flowering under greenhouse conditions when grown as a potted floral plant. The new variety propagates well from cuttings and by grafting. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

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1. A new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms abundant, attractive long lasting yellow flowers; (b) exhibits a compact and bushy growth habit; (c) is suited for growing in greenhouse in pots from softwood cuttings, and; (d) exhibits durable flowers and foliage suitable for distribution in the floral industry; substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17402 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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