US Plant Patent PP9973
Meikanrou
Miniature rose plant named `Meikanrou`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 28, 2016. 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
- PP9973
- Filed
- May 28, 1996
- Granted
- July 22, 1997
- Expires
- May 28, 2016
- Assignee
- CONARD PYLE COMPANY
- Inventor
- MEILLAND ALAIN A
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of rose plant of the Miniature Class is provided which abundantly forms attractive dark red blossoms that are highly stable with respect to coloration. The plant is bushy, and forms dense medium-green semi-glossy vegetation. The blossoms possess no fragrance. The plant is well adapted to pot forcing under greenhouse growing conditions, and grows well on its own roots. An excellent ovoid commercial bud form is exhibited. The plant is particularly well-suited for use as attractive ornamentation in the landscape.
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 dark red blossoms that are very stable in coloration, (b) forms medium-green semi-glossy foliage, (c) exhibits a bushy growth habit, (d) is well adapted to pot forcing under greenhouse growing conditions, and (e) grows well on its own roots; substantially as herein shown and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9973 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.