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US Plant Patent PP18060

BAItown

Shrub rose plant named ‘BAItown’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 21, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18060, the photograph of BAItown printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18060, 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
PP18060
Filed
April 21, 2006
Granted
September 18, 2007
Expires
April 21, 2026
Assignee
BAILEY NURSERIES INC
Inventor
LIM PETER P; NEMKO MARTIN

Abstract

A new cultivar of shrub rose, Rosa ‘BAItown’, characterized by its everblooming habit with abundant clusters of double, red-purple, hybrid tea-shaped flowers. The foliage is dense, dark green, glossy, and resistant to rose blackspot and powdery mildew. The even spreading to mounded plant habit is well suited for container and landscape plantings. The new variety is readily propagated on its own roots and hardy in U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 9.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of shrub rose plant named Rosa ‘BAItown’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18060 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.