US Plant Patent PP16407

AUSchesnut

Shrub rose plant named ‘AUSchesnut’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 9, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 16, 2024. This patent earned 115 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16407
Filed: September 16, 2004
Granted: April 4, 2006
Expires: January 9, 2025
Assignee: DAVID AUSTIN ROSES LTD
Inventor: AUSTIN DAVID C H

Abstract

Shrub/climber rose plant having medium-sized, soft yellow blooms, vigorous growth, free and continuous flowering, and slightly fruity fragrance.

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 rose plant of the shrub/climber class, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly by its medium-sized, soft yellow blooms, vigorous growth, free and continuous flowering, and slight fruity fragrance.

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