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US Plant Patent PP13055

SAVapple

Miniature rose plant named ‘SAVapple’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 20, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 30, 2020. This patent earned 51 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13055, the photograph of SAVapple printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13055, 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
PP13055
Filed
November 30, 2000
Granted
October 8, 2002
Expires
January 20, 2021
Assignee
NOR EAST MINIATURE ROSES INC
Inventor
SAVILLE JOHN

Abstract

‘SAVapple’ is a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant primarily identified by its small coral flowers borne on a low growing, well branched, compact and mounding plant. Buds and flowers with good form can be found on the plant continuously during the growing season and well into the fall. The glossy foliage has very good disease resistance.

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

The following is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of hardy miniature rose plant substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by small coral buds and flowers on a plant of upright and mounding growth habit, and flowering late into the fall.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13055 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.