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US Plant Patent PP16623

WEKfabpur

Shrub rose plant named ‘WEKfabpur’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 29, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 15, 2024. This patent earned 45 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16623, the photograph of WEKfabpur printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16623, 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
PP16623
Filed
October 15, 2004
Granted
June 6, 2006
Expires
November 29, 2024
Inventor
CARRUTH THOMAS F

Abstract

A new variety of Shrub rose suitable for garden decoration, having flowers of velvety black purple coloration with a white eye.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct Shrub rose plant of the variety substantially as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16623 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.