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US Plant Patent PP16040

SAVared

Miniature rose plant named ‘SAVared’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 3, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 30, 2023. This patent earned 95 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16040, the photograph of SAVared printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16040, 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
PP16040
Filed
December 30, 2003
Granted
October 18, 2005
Expires
April 3, 2024
Assignee
NOR EAST MINIATURE ROSES INC
Inventor
WHITE WENDY R

Abstract

‘SAVared’ is a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant primarily identified by the very strong fragrance in a red miniature rose. The plant is upright with medium to dark green, matte foliage. The attractive flowers may occasionally have exhibition rose form. They are held well above the plant, borne singly on long stems and in small sprays, and good as cut flowers.

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 hardy miniature rose plant, substantially as illustrated and described, with strongly, fragrant flowers of a cardinal red, borne on an upright miniature rose bush with matte foliage.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16040 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.