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US Plant Patent PP22973

AUSpanier

Rosa hybrida shrub plant named ‘AUSpanier’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 6, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 14, 2031. This patent earned 23 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP22973, the photograph of AUSpanier printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP22973, 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
PP22973
Filed
March 14, 2011
Granted
August 21, 2012
Expires
April 6, 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 ‘AUSpanier’. The ‘AUSpanier’ rose is a plant having a large airy shrub with dainty gray-green foliage. The flowers of the plant are held on by thin, wiry stems and are a soft rose pink and semi-double in form that open to provide a camellia-like bloom. The fragrance of the rose is predominately myrrh, developing musk as the flower ages.

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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