US Plant Patent PP16994
BAIoon
Shrub rose plant named ‘BAIoon’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 19, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 20, 2024. This patent earned 89 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP16994
- Filed
- December 20, 2004
- Granted
- August 15, 2006
- Expires
- March 19, 2025
- Assignee
- BAILEY NURSERIES INC
- Inventor
- LIM PETER P
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of landscape shrub rose plant is provided which forms on a recurrent basis attractive large fully double medium yellow quartered blossoms that change to light lemon yellow upon maturity. The plant exhibits a dense upright shrub or climbing growth habit depending upon the zone where grown. The dark green glossy foliage contrasts nicely with the yellow 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 dense upright shrub or climbing growth habit depending upon the zone where grown, (b) forms on a recurrent basis attractive large fully double medium yellow quartered blossoms that change to light lemon yellow upon maturity, (c) forms dark green glossy foliage, (d) displays high 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.
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