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US Plant Patent PP16612

BAIeye

Shrub rose plant named ‘BAIeye’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 12, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 13, 2024. This patent earned 122 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16612, the photograph of BAIeye printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16612, 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
PP16612
Filed
October 13, 2004
Granted
June 6, 2006
Expires
February 12, 2025
Assignee
BAILEY NURSERIES INC
Inventor
LIM PETER P

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of landscape shrub rose plant is provided which abundantly forms during June and on a recurrent basis thereafter single bold red blossoms having a golden eye. The blossoms also display a mild rose fragrance. The plant exhibits a compact, dense and bushy growth habit, attractive semi-glossy dark green foliage that initially bears a tint of red-purple, and good tolerance to Black Spot and Powdery Mildew. The attractive dark green semi-glossy foliage contrasts nicely with the bold red 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 compact, dense and bushy growth habit, (b) abundantly forms during June and on a recurrent basis thereafter attractive single bold red blossoms having a golden eye, (c) forms attractive semi-glossy dark green foliage when mature that initially bears a tint of red-purple, (d) is highly tolerant 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 PP16612 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.