Australia - Patent No: AU4430P on 27 Jun 2012
Application No: 2003/074 on 10 Apr 2003
VIEW PBR PATENT‘Noatraum’ x (Meibonrib’ x Korimo) in 1992....Breeder: Alain Meilland, France.
Canada - Patent No: 2670 on 23 Jan 2007
Application No: 03-3646 on 6 May 2003
Breeder: Alain Meilland, Meilland International, Le Luc en Provence, France
'Meirameca' resulted from a breeding program whose goal was to develop improved landscape shrub roses. It originated from crossing the female parent, variety 'Noatraum', with an unnamed male parent whose parentage is 'Meibonrib' x 'Korimo'. The cross was performed at Selection Meilland in Le Cannet des Maures, Le Luc en Provence, France in June of 1994. '
United States - Patent No: PP 16,030 on 11 Oct 2005
VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 10/405,634 on 3 Apr 2003
Inventors: Meilland; Alain A. (Antibes, FR)
The female parent (i.e., the seed parent) of the new variety was the `Noatraum` variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,282). The male parent (i.e., the pollen parent) of the new variety was the product of the cross between the `Meibonrib` variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,469) and the `Korimo` variety (non-patented in the United States). The `Noatraum` parent variety sometimes is known as the `Flower Carpet` variety.
