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US Plant Patent PP9536

Meichonar

Shrub rose plant named `Meichonar`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 19, 2015. 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
PP9536
Filed
June 19, 1995
Granted
May 7, 1996
Expires
June 19, 2015
Inventor
MEILLAND ALAIN A

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of shrub rose plant is provided which forms continuously throughout the season attractive long-lasting White blossoms that are more or less edged with Venetian Pink. The new variety grows well on its own roots and forms relatively few thorns (as illustrated). The plant possesses a bushy growth habit. Also, the new variety exhibits very good disease resistance, as is well suited for use as attractive ornamentation in the landscape.

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 shrub rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms continuously throughout the season attractive blossoms which are White and more or less edged with Venetian Pink, (b) grows well on its own roots, (c) forms few thorns, (d) is particularly well suited for growing in the landscape, and (e) exhibits very good disease resistance;

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9536 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.