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.

The record
- Patent number
- PP13056
- Filed
- December 5, 2000
- Granted
- October 8, 2002
- Expires
- January 19, 2021
- Assignee
- NOR EAST MINIATURE ROSES INC
- 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.
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