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US Plant Patent PP9178

Simon Fraser

Shrub rose plant named `Simon Fraser`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 7, 2014. 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
PP9178
Filed
March 7, 1994
Granted
June 27, 1995
Expires
March 7, 2014
Inventor
OGILVIE IAN S

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of shrub rose plant is provided which forms attractive light pink blossoms that commonly are borne in clusters and which at least initially are single. The new variety exhibits an upright growth habit with glossy foliage, and good winter hardiness. The new variety propagates well by the use of softwood stem cuttings, and is well adapted for growing as colorful 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) exhibits an upright growth habit with glossy foliage, (b) forms in clusters attractive light pink blossoms that at least initially are single, propagates well by the use of softwood cuttings, (d) exhibits a good winter hardiness, and (e) is particularly well suited for growing in the landscape; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9178 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.