US Plant Patent PP31441
VLR002
Shrub rose plant named ‘VLR002’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends December 27, 2038.
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
- PP31441
- Filed
- December 27, 2018
- Granted
- February 18, 2020
- Expires
- December 27, 2038
- Assignee
- CANADIAN NURSERY LANDSCAPE ASS, VINELAND RES AND INNOVATION CENTRE, VINELAND RES AND INNOVATIONS CENTRE INC
- Inventor
- CONEV RUMEN
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of shrub rose plant herein referred to by its cultivar name, ‘VLR002’, is provided that abundantly forms on a continuous basis attractive double formed, red colored blossoms. The plant exhibits semi-upright bush growth habit and dark green foliage is formed. Resistance to black spot disease is displayed. The plant is well suited for providing 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 shrub rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) abundantly and continuously forms attractive double formed red blossoms, (b) exhibits a semi-upright bush growth habit, (c) forms attractive dark green foliage, and (d) is well suited for growing as attractive ornamentation in the landscape; substantially as herein shown and described.
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