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US Plant Patent PP10489

Meibrenec

Miniature rose plant named `Meibrenec`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 31, 2017. 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.

The record

Patent number
PP10489
Filed
July 31, 1997
Granted
July 14, 1998
Expires
July 31, 2017
Inventor
MEILLAND ALAIN A

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of rose plant of the miniature class is provided which abundantly forms attractive small double pink blossoms. A hanging growth habit is exhibited that renders the plant well suited for growing outdoors in a hanging basket. The plant propagates well from cuttings. The blossoms possess a slight fragrance, and the medium green foliage is semi-glossy.

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 miniature rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms in abundance attractive small double pink blossoms, (b) exhibits a hanging growth habit, (c) forms semi-glossy medium green foliage, (d) propagates well on its own roots, and (e) is particularly suited for growing as ornamentation in a hanging basket; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10489 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.