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US Plant Patent PP27680

SFROSA159

Rosa plant named ‘SFROSA159’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 24, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 19, 2034. This patent earned 189 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27680, the photograph of SFROSA159 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27680, 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
PP27680
Filed
August 19, 2014
Granted
February 21, 2017
Expires
February 24, 2035
Assignee
SUNRISE FARM FLOWERS LLC, TREES SCOTT C
Inventor
TREES SCOTT C

Abstract

A new cultivar of shrub rose, ‘SFROSA159’, that is characterized by its upright, compact plant habit, its single flowers with five large, flat petals and borne in clusters of five to eight, its continuous flowering throughout the season, its flowers that are saturated hot pink in color and nearly non-fading, its glossy dark green foliage, its cold hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zone 6, and its tolerance to powdery mildew and rust in California trials and tolerance to black spot in trials in the Midwest.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Rosa plant named ‘SFROSA159’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27680 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.