unless you are the patent police I wouldnt worry about patents on a cutting from a
rose bush. just dont cultivate it for sale. Ingrid

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:03:59 -0700, "David E. Ross" wrote:
The problem with cuttings from other hobby gardenders is that the
patents on these three might still be in effect. While there is such a
thing as fair-use copying of copyrighted material, there is no such
thing for patents.