US Plant Patent PP27976
KORapfhecki
Shrub rose plant named ‘KORapfhecki’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends October 9, 2035.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 1, 2035. This patent earned 38 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP27976
- Filed
- September 1, 2015
- Granted
- May 9, 2017
- Expires
- October 9, 2035
- Inventor
- KORDES TIM-HERMANN
Abstract
‘KORapfhecki’ is a new and distinct variety of Rosa hybrida which is characterized by the combination of an upright and bushy growth habit, medium-sized double flowers which are orange in color and also attractive foliage with excellent disease resistance. The new variety propagates successfully by grafting and by stem cuttings and has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
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That which is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of rose plant named ‘KORapfhecki’, as described and illustrated herein.
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