US Plant Patent PP21696

BENsiete

Rose plant named ‘BENsiete’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 26, 2029.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 6, 2029. This patent earned 79 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP21696
Filed: February 6, 2009
Granted: February 8, 2011
Expires: April 26, 2029
Assignee: NOR EAST MINIATURE ROSES INC
Inventor: BENARDELLA FRANK

Abstract

This new rose plant, ‘BENsiete’, bears fully double flowers with hybrid tea form, primarily one to a stem. Flowers can last well on the plant, opening and fading slowly, and ten days or more as cut flowers. Fragrance is moderate. The plant is of a medium size and upright growing habit. ‘BENsiete’ is well suited as a garden perennial, a large container plant and for cut 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 rose plant is claimed, substantially as described and illustrated herein.

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