US Plant Patent PP17317
AUSneil
Shrub rose plant named ‘AUSneil’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 31, 2025. 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.

The record
- Patent number
- PP17317
- Filed
- January 31, 2005
- Granted
- December 26, 2006
- Expires
- January 31, 2025
- Assignee
- DAVID AUSTIN ROSES LTD
- Inventor
- AUSTIN DAVID C H
Abstract
Shrub rose plant suitable for cut flower production in greenhouse conditions having upright growth and white blooms with a hint of pink blush and strong myrrh 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 in greenhouse conditions, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly by its upright growth and white blooms with a hint of pink blush and strong myrrh fragrance.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17317 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.