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US Plant Patent PP6171

Meinobroc

Rose plant--Meinobroc variety

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 27, 2006. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record

Patent number
PP6171
Filed
February 27, 1986
Granted
May 10, 1988
Expires
February 27, 2006
Inventor
MEILLAND MARIE-LOUISE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Hybrid Tea rose plant is provided which forms elegant double red blossoms. The blossoms are vermilion red on the upper surface and cherry red on the under surface and are exceptionally attractive at the bud stage and at the beginning of the opening process. The plant exhibits a vigorous growth habit and is well suited for cut flower production under greenhouse conditions. Good resistance to fungus diseases is manifest.

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 Hybrid Tea rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms elegant double red blossoms which are vermilion red on the upper surface and cherry red on the under surface, (b) is particularly well suited for growing under greenhouse conditions, (c) exhibits a vigorous growth habit, and (d) exhibits good resistance to fungal diseases; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6171 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.