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US Plant Patent PP15753

BAIface

Shrub rose plant named ‘BAIface’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 25, 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 46 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15753, the photograph of BAIface printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15753, 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
PP15753
Filed
March 10, 2004
Granted
May 3, 2005
Expires
April 25, 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 continuous basis in clusters attractive semi-double rich medium pink blossoms blended with rosy pink and white. The plant exhibits a compact, upright and bushy growth habit, satiny medium green foliage, and excellent tolerance to Black Spot and Powdery Mildew. The attractive medium green foliage contrasts nicely with the pink 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 continuously in clusters attractive semi-double rich medium pink blossoms blended with rosy pink and white, (c) forms satiny 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 PP15753 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.