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US Plant Patent PP18102

BAIcent

Grandiflora rose named ‘BAIcent’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 23, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 21, 2026. This patent earned 2 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18102, the photograph of BAIcent printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18102, 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
PP18102
Filed
April 21, 2006
Granted
October 2, 2007
Expires
April 23, 2026
Assignee
BAILEY NURSERIES INC
Inventor
LIM PETER P

Abstract

A new cultivar of grandiflora rose, Rosa ‘BAIcent’, characterized by its clusters of double, high-centered blossoms on long, straight stems with apricot to pale yellow flowers that turn creamy white. Abundant flowers are present in May and June and recurrently throughout the season over dark green, satiny, bronze tinged foliage that is resistant to rose blackspot and powdery mildew. The new variety is readily propagated on its own roots and hardy in U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 9.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of grandiflora rose plant named Rosa ‘BAIcent’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18102 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.