US Plant Patent PP15981

Chewground

Rose plant named ‘Chewground’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 21, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 1, 2024. This patent earned 20 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP15981
Filed: July 1, 2004
Granted: September 20, 2005
Expires: July 21, 2024
Assignee: SPRING MEADOW NURSERY INC
Inventor: WARNER CHRISTOPHER HUGH

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Rose plant named ‘Chewground’, characterized by its low mounding plant habit; glossy dark green-colored leaflets; vigorous and freely branching growth habit; red purple-colored single flowers; resistance to Black Spot and mildews; and good garden performance.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Rose plant named ‘Chewground’, as illustrated and described.

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