US Plant Patent PP10002
Meilmera
Miniature rose plant named `Meilmera`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 17, 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
- PP10002
- Filed
- July 17, 1996
- Granted
- August 19, 1997
- Expires
- July 17, 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 generally white very double blossoms that commonly are arranged in clusters. The plant exhibits an erect growth habit and forms medium-green glossy vegetation. The blossoms possess no fragrance. The plant is well adapted for growing as attractive ornamentation in pots, and grows well on its own roots. The blossoms are very long lasting.
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 characeristics: (a) forms in abundance attractive generally white very double very long lasting blossoms that commonly are arranged in clusters, (b) forms medium-green glossy foliage, (c) exhibits an erect growth habit, (d) is well adapted for growing in a pot as ornamentation, and (e) grows well on its own roots; substantially as herein shown and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10002 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.