US Plant Patent PP20601
Hormeteoric
Rose plant named ‘Hormeteoric’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends August 11, 2028.
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
- PP20601
- Filed
- August 11, 2008
- Granted
- December 22, 2009
- Expires
- August 11, 2028
- Assignee
- SPRING MEADOW NURSERY INC
- Inventor
- HORNER HEATHER
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Rose plant named ‘Hormeteoric’, characterized by its upright, low spreading and mounding plant habit; dense and glossy dark green-colored foliage; freely branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; large light red, pink and yellow-colored flowers; resistance to Black Spot; 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 Rose plant named ‘Hormeteoric,’ as illustrated and described.
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