US Plant Patent PP22948
AUSlounge
Rosa hybrida shrub plant named ‘AUSlounge’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends April 4, 2031.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 14, 2031. This patent earned 21 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP22948
- Filed
- March 14, 2011
- Granted
- August 14, 2012
- Expires
- April 4, 2031
- Assignee
- DAVID AUSTIN ROSES LTD, AUSTIN DAVID C H
- Inventor
- AUSTIN DAVID C H
Abstract
A variety of rose plant of the shrub class, named ‘AUSlounge’. The ‘AUSlounge’ rose is a plant suitable for repeat flowering production having flowers that are of medium size, tough and reliable, and have a deep glowing pink. In addition, the flowers are shallowly cupped at first, but as they age the outer petals reflex back and reveal a button eye.
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 rose plant of the shrub class suitable for repeat flower production, substantially as herein shown and described.
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