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US Plant Patent PP16970

RUIZ012A

Rosa plant named ‘RUIZ012A’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 23, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 19, 2024. This patent earned 400 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16970, the photograph of RUIZ012A printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16970, 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
PP16970
Filed
July 19, 2004
Granted
August 8, 2006
Expires
August 23, 2025
Assignee
RUITER S NIEUWE ROZEN BV
Inventor
DE GROOT HENK C A

Abstract

A new cultivar of Rosa plant named ‘RUIZ012A’ that is characterized by a compact habit, long life and red 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 Rosa plant named ‘RUIZ012A’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16970 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.