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US Plant Patent PP18192

ROMAN BEAUTY

Rosmarinus plant named ‘ROMAN BEAUTY’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 28, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 5, 2025. This patent earned 23 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18192, the photograph of ROMAN BEAUTY printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18192, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP18192
Filed
December 5, 2005
Granted
November 13, 2007
Expires
December 28, 2025
Inventor
FAIRWEATHER CHRISTOPHER

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Rosmarinus named ‘ROMAN BEAUTY’ that is characterized by compact upright habit, mid-green foliage and violet-blue flowers. In combination these traits set ‘ROMAN BEAUTY’ apart from all other existing varieties of Rosmarinus known to the inventor.

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 Rosmarinus plant named ‘ROMAN BEAUTY’ as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18192 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.