US Plant Patent PP20233
SAVasleep
Rose plant named ‘SAVasleep’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends January 4, 2027.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 3, 2026. This patent earned 246 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP20233
- Filed
- May 3, 2006
- Granted
- August 25, 2009
- Expires
- January 4, 2027
- Assignee
- NOR EAST MINIATURE ROSES INC
- Inventor
- WHITE WENDY
Abstract
‘SAVasleep’ is a new and distinct variety of rose plant primarily identified by its fully double and very fragrant blooms of a dark to medium salmon-pink color. The flowers last very well on the plant and, as cut flowers. It has proven to be easy to care for with its above average disease resistance.
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 hardy rose plant is claimed, substantially as illustrated and described, with long lasting and sweetly fragrant, salmon-pink flowers borne on a vigorous plant and having over-all good disease resistance and suitable for production from softwood cuttings.
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