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US Plant Patent PP13291

Meidarin

Miniature rose plant named ‘Meidarin’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 28, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 13, 2020. This patent earned 15 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13291, the photograph of Meidarin printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13291, 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
PP13291
Filed
November 13, 2000
Granted
November 26, 2002
Expires
November 28, 2020
Assignee
CP DELAWARE INC
Inventor
MEILLAND ALAIN A

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of rose plant of the dwarf Miniature Class is provided which abundantly forms attractive bicolored double orange suffused with orange-red blossoms. The growth habit is bushy. Very dense medium green glossy foliage is formed that contrasts nicely with the blossom coloration. The new variety is well suited for pot forcing under greenhouse growing conditions to form a distinctive gift plant.

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) Exhibits a bushy growth habit, (b) Forms in abundance attractive bicolored double orange suffused with orange-red blossoms, (c) Forms very dense medium green glossy foliage, and (d) Is well suited for pot forcing; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13291 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.