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Hello all,
I am new to this site and also fairly new to roses in general. I'm looking for advice for commercially taking cuttings. The reason being is I don't want to breach anyones hard earned patents but I am looking to sell some plants comercially.
Could anyone help me to understand how this site gives out it's patent number.
For example.
http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.1839.1 - Graham Thomas rose by David Austin. It's a great rose, the page says commercially available. The page also says Patent NoL425 but it's outside the normal (I've understood) 21 year patent. Sorry if these are obvious questions but I've had a good look around the site for some time now despite joining today and I am no better off. So, I thought it time to ask.
Any help would be great just so I can use the resources here correctly, also to enhance my knowledge on roses which considering I have about 70 varieties now I love them.
Thank you kindly.
C
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I note you are in the U.K. You might like to read up on the U.S. Patents for starters. HelpMeFind has information here: RESOURCES / GLOSSARY / PATENTS
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#2 of 2 posted
31 OCT 17 by
 jedmar
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The Patent listing only shows if a patent was ever issued (and it is not complete for every rose, e.g. many EU patents are not shown, as we haven't gone through these in detail yet). Also, we do not regularly follow up if a patent has been discarded or extended (time reasons). 'Graham Thomas' (AUSmas) is not patented in the US. The patent you mention is from New Zealand. If you want to find out if a rose is still under patent protection, you can use our Information as a starting point, but then have to do further research yourself. Our interest is more the descriptions in the patent, not whether it is still valid or not.
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