US Plant Patent PP24462
AUSchris
Shrub rose plant named ‘AUSchris’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends August 31, 2032.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 27, 2032. This patent earned 126 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP24462
- Filed
- April 27, 2012
- Granted
- May 20, 2014
- Expires
- August 31, 2032
- Assignee
- DAVID AUSTIN ROSES LTD, AUSTIN DAVID C H
- Inventor
- AUSTIN DAVID C H
Abstract
A variety of rose plant of the shrub class, named ‘AUSchris’. The ‘AUSchris’ rose is a plant bred for cut-flower production with an unusually long vase life, long elegant magenta pink buds with petals that deepen as they age taking on hints of purple, and a balanced pure rose fragrance with hints of raspberry, red currant, geranium and bergamot that remain through all stages of the flowering.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of cut rose plant suitable for luxury cut flower production, substantially as herein shown and described.
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