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US Plant Patent PP18975

Poulmist

Miniature rose plant named ‘Poulmist’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 16, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 23, 2026, but this patent ends 1,892 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 PP18975, the photograph of Poulmist printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18975, 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
PP18975
Filed
March 23, 2006
Granted
June 24, 2008
Expires
January 16, 2021
Assignee
POULSEN ROSER AS
Inventor
OLESEN MOGENS N

Abstract

A new miniature rose plant which has abundant, yellow flowers and attractive foliage. The variety successfully propagates from softwood cuttings and is suitable for year round production in commercial glasshouses. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

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 rose plant named ‘Poulmist’ of the miniature rose class, illustrated and described herein as a distinct and novel rose variety due to its abundant Yellow Group 11C flowers, vigorous and compact growth, year round flowering under glasshouse conditions, suitability for production from softwood cuttings in pots, and durable flowers and foliage with an extended period of bloom.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18975 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.