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US Plant Patent PP15574

BAIcream

Shrub rose plant named ‘BAIcream’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 18, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 12, 2023. This patent earned 159 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15574, the photograph of BAIcream printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15574, 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
PP15574
Filed
March 12, 2003
Granted
February 22, 2005
Expires
August 18, 2023
Assignee
BAILEY NURSERIES INC
Inventor
LIM PETER P; TWOMEY JERRY

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Landscape Shrub rose plant is provided which abundantly forms on a recurrent basis creamy white double blossoms with a hint of pink that commonly have a diameter of approximately 10 cm. The buds are slender in configuration and lemon yellow in coloration. The plant exhibits a vigorous, upright and bushy growth habit, and forms attractive foliage that commonly possesses a tint of red-purple when young and assumes a semi-glossy medium green coloration when mature. Very good resistance to Blackspot and Powdery Mildew is displayed. The foliage coloration contrasts nicely with the creamy white blossom coloration. The new variety is particularly well suited for growing as attractive ornamentation in parks and gardens.

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 vigorous, upright and bushy growth habit, (b) abundantly forms on a recurrent basis attractive creamy-white double blossoms with a hint of pink commonly having a diameter of approximately 10 cm, (c) forms attractive foliage that commonly possesses a tint of red-purple when young and assumes a semi-glossy medium green coloration when mature, (d) displays very good resistance to Blackspot and Powdery Mildew, and (e) is particularly well suited for growing as attractive ornamentation in parks and gardens; substantially as herein shown and described.

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