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US Plant Patent PP13056

SAVaralph

Miniature rose plant named ‘SAVaralph’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 19, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 5, 2020. This patent earned 45 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13056, the photograph of SAVaralph printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13056, 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
PP13056
Filed
December 5, 2000
Granted
October 8, 2002
Expires
January 19, 2021
Inventor
SAVILLE JOHN

Abstract

‘SAVaralph’ is a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant primarily identified by its small dark red flowers of hybrid tea form and its semi-glossy new growth flushed dark red which may appear to be glowing in the sun. Providing background for the dark red flowers and foliage on this vigorous, upright and well branched plant is the semi-glossy, dark green older foliage with good disease resistance.

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 hardy miniature rose plant substantially as illustrated and described, primarily characterized by small dark red buds and flowers of hybrid tea form on an upright and compact plant with semi-glossy and reddish new growth.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13056 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.