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US Plant Patent PP15400

BAIhero

Shrub rose plant named BAIhero

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 29, 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 78 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15400, the photograph of BAIhero printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15400, 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
PP15400
Filed
March 12, 2003
Granted
December 7, 2004
Expires
May 29, 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 substantially continuous basis double blossoms that display a bright medium red coloration. The blossoms also display a light fragrance similar to mild honey. The plant exhibits a vigorous, compact and bushy growth habit, and forms attractive foliage that commonly possesses a tint of red-purple when young and assumes a satiny medium green coloration when mature. Good resistance to Blackspot and Powdery Mildew is displayed. The foliage coloration contrasts nicely with the bright medium 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.

We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Landscape Shrub rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) exhibits a vigorous, compact and bushy growth habit, (b) abundantly forms on a substantially continuous basis attractive mildly fragrant double blossoms commonly having a diameter of approximately 7 cm that display a bright medium red coloration, (c) forms attractive foliage that commonly possesses a tint of red-purple when young and assumes a satiny medium green coloration when mature, (d) displays good resistance to Blackspot and Powdery Mildew, and (e) is particularly well suited for growing as attractive ornamentation in parks and gardens;

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15400 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.