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US Plant Patent PP15737

BAIcker

Shrub rose plant named ‘BAIcker’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 18, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 10, 2024. This patent earned 39 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15737, the photograph of BAIcker printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15737, 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
PP15737
Filed
March 10, 2004
Granted
April 26, 2005
Expires
April 18, 2024
Assignee
BAILEY NURSERIES INC
Inventor
LIM PETER P; TWOMEY JERRY

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of landscape shrub rose plant is provided which forms on a recurrent basis in clusters attractive single rich red blossoms suffused with rosy pink having a near white to yellow eye. The plant exhibits a compact, upright and bushy growth habit, glossy medium green foliage, and excellent tolerance to Black Spot and Powdery Mildew. The attractive medium green glossy foliage contrasts nicely with the red blossom coloration. A tough rose plant of good hardiness is provided. The plant can be grown to advantage as a specimen, border planting, or as a mass planting.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of landscape shrub rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) exhibits a compact, upright and bushy growth habit, (b) forms recurrently in clusters attractive rich medium red blossoms suffused with rosy pink having a near white to yellow eye, (c) forms glossy medium green adult foliage, (d) displays excellent tolerance to Black Spot and Powdery Mildew; and (e) is particularly well suited for growing as attractive ornamentation in parks and gardens; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15737 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.