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US Plant Patent PP22972

AUStobias

Rosa hybrida shrub plant named ‘AUStobias’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 5, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 14, 2031. This patent earned 22 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP22972, the photograph of AUStobias printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP22972, 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
PP22972
Filed
March 14, 2011
Granted
August 21, 2012
Expires
April 5, 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 ‘AUStobias’. The ‘AUStobias’ rose is a plant suitable for repeat flowering production having flowers with buds that start as rounded cups with larger outer petals, enclosing numerous smaller petals within, and that open into perfect rose pink rosette-shaped flowers, with the outer petals forming a perfectly-rounded rim in the form of a saucer. The plant habit of the rose is relatively upright but quite bushy and compact. Initially the fragrance of the flowers is soft myrrh, and as the flower ages it becomes more fruity with a distinct clove character.

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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