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US Plant Patent PP17526

Meivoufal

Miniature rose plant named ‘Meivoufal’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 29, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 13, 2024, but this patent ends 1,261 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17526, the photograph of Meivoufal printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17526, 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
PP17526
Filed
May 13, 2004
Granted
March 27, 2007
Expires
November 29, 2020
Assignee
CP DELAWARE INC
Inventor
MEILLAND ALAIN A

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of rose plant of the Miniature Class is provided which abundantly forms attractive double yellow blossoms of good color stability. The growth habit is low compact and bushy. Decorative dense dark green semi-glossy foliage is formed that contrasts nicely with the yellow blossoms.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct variety of Miniature rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) exhibits a low compact and bushy growth habit, (b) forms in abundance attractive double yellow blossoms of good color stability, and (c) forms decorative dense dark green semi-glossy foliage; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17526 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.