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US Plant Patent PP8290

Carola

Rose plant--Carola

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 6, 2010. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 27, 2011, but this patent ends 448 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.

The record

Patent number
PP8290
Filed
September 27, 1991
Granted
July 6, 1993
Expires
July 6, 2010

Abstract

A rose plant exhibiting good resistance to powdery mildew, and being characterized by nonfragrant flowers, very high crop, good self-rooting and high stem break forth.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of rose plant of a hybrid tea rose, variety, named Carola, as shown and described, and consisting mainly of plants being vigorous growing, showing a large flower bud, containing a large number of petals, having nonfragrant with petals with a medium-sized white spot at their base, with early and prolific flower production, and having fast and good propagating features.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8290 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.