US Plant Patent PP35649
MEIKAPETTE
Miniature rose plant named ‘MEIKAPETTE’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends May 30, 2043.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 11, 2043. This patent earned 139 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP35649
- Filed
- January 11, 2023
- Granted
- February 13, 2024
- Expires
- May 30, 2043
- Assignee
- THE CONARD PYLE CO
- Inventor
- MEILLAND ALAIN ANTOINE
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant, referred to by its cultivar name, ‘MEIKAPETTE’, is disclosed. The new variety forms attractive, very small double yellow-orange colored flowers. Attractive glossy foliage is formed, which contrasts beautifully with the blossoms. A bushy growth habit is displayed. The new variety is well suited for providing 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 rose plant named ‘MEIKAPETTE’ characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms yellow-orange colored flowers, (b) produces very small double flowers, and (c) exhibits a green colored glossy foliage; substantially as herein shown and described.
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