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US Plant Patent PP13993

Ausromeo

Shrub rose plant named ‘Ausromeo’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 20, 2021. 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 PP13993, the photograph of Ausromeo printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13993, 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
PP13993
Filed
December 20, 2001
Granted
July 22, 2003
Expires
December 20, 2021
Assignee
DAVID AUSTIN ROSES LTD
Inventor
AUSTIN DAVID C H

Abstract

Shrub rose plant having blooms of velvety crimson which gradually change to a rich purple; deeply cupped blooms which open out to a shallow, quartered and very full cup; strong, branching growth; and strong old rose fragrance.

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 class, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly by blooms of velvety crimson which gradually change to a rich purple; deeply cupped blooms which open out to a shallow, quartered and very full cup; strong, branching growth; and strong old rose fragrance.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13993 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.