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US Plant Patent PP16993

BAIing

Shrub rose plant named ‘BAIing’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 27, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 28, 2024. This patent earned 89 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16993, the photograph of BAIing printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16993, 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
PP16993
Filed
December 28, 2004
Granted
August 15, 2006
Expires
March 27, 2025
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 attractive large medium pink blossoms that assume a pale pink coloration with maturity. The plant exhibits a generally symmetrical vase-shaped growth habit, and can be used to form a distinctive low hedge. The attractive dark green glossy foliage contrasts nicely with the blossom coloration. High tolerance to Black Spot and Powdery Mildew is displayed. The plant can be grown to advantage to provide 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 landscape shrub rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) exhibits a generally symmetrical vase-shaped growth habit, (b) forms on a recurrent basis attractive large medium pink blossoms that assume a pale pink coloration with maturity, (c) forms dark green glossy foliage that contrasts nicely with the blossom coloration, (d) displays 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 PP16993 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.