US Plant Patent PP14973

AUSbite

Shrub rose plant named ‘AUSbite’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 8, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14973, the photograph of AUSbite printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14973, 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: PP14973
Filed: July 8, 2003
Granted: June 29, 2004
Expires: July 8, 2023
Assignee: DAVID AUSTIN ROSES LTD
Inventor: AUSTIN DAVID C H

Abstract

Shrub/climber rose plant having soft pink, cupped flowers filled with numerous petals; vigorous, bushy growth and a good fragrance with a hint of myrrh.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of rose plant of the shrub/climber class, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly by its soft pink, cupped flowers filled with numerous petals; vigorous, bushy growth, and good fragrance with a hint of myrrh.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14973 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.