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US Plant Patent PP15786

Whip Rosein

Petunia plant named ‘Whip Rosein’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 30, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 5, 2024. This patent earned 55 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15786, the photograph of Whip Rosein printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15786, 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
PP15786
Filed
April 5, 2004
Granted
June 7, 2005
Expires
May 30, 2024
Inventor
HANES MITCHELL

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Whip Rosein’, characterized by its low trailing, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; single flowers that are red purple in color with darker red purple-colored venation; and good garden performance.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Whip Rosein’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15786 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.