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US Plant Patent PP23580

Sprolem

Shrub rose plant names ‘Sprolem’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 20, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 28, 2031. This patent earned 22 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23580, the photograph of Sprolem printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23580, 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
PP23580
Filed
June 28, 2011
Granted
May 7, 2013
Expires
July 20, 2031
Assignee
CP DELAWARE INC, SPROUL JAMES A
Inventor
SPROUL JAMES A

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of shrub rose plant is provided which forms in abundance on a substantially continuous basis attractive semi-double bright yellow cuplike blossoms having a red blotch at the center. The vegetation is strong and the growth habit is bushy. Attractive ornamental glossy dark green foliage is formed. Above average disease resistance to blackspot for the type is exhibited. Additionally, the new variety is particularly well suited for growing as distinctive 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) abundantly and substantially continuously forms attractive semi-double bright yellow blossoms having a red blotch at the center, (b) exhibits a bushy growth habit, (c) forms attractive ornamental dark green glossy foliage, and (e) exhibits above average resistance to blackspot; substantially as herein shown and described.

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