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US Plant Patent PP17267

AUSimmon

Shrub rose plant named ‘AUSimmon’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 1, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 31, 2025. This patent earned 1 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17267, the photograph of AUSimmon printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17267, 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
PP17267
Filed
January 31, 2005
Granted
December 12, 2006
Expires
February 1, 2025
Assignee
DAVID AUSTIN ROSES LTD
Inventor
AUSTIN DAVID C H

Abstract

Shrub rose plant suitable for cut flower production under greenhouse conditions, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly by its upright growth, medium pink shallow cupped blooms having long vase life and moderate 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 class suitable for cut flower production under greenhouse conditions, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly by its upright growth, medium pink shallow cupped blooms having long vase life and moderate fruity fragrance.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17267 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.