US Plant Patent PP12293
Bacchus
Begonia plant named ‘Bacchus’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 27, 2019. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP12293
- Filed
- May 27, 1999
- Granted
- December 18, 2001
- Expires
- May 27, 2019
- Assignee
- KOPPE VEREDELING B V
- Inventor
- KOPPE LUBBERTUS H
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘Bacchus’, characterized by its compact and freely branching plant habit; fully double intense red flowers that are about 6 to 8 cm in diameter; short peduncles and short pedicels; and excellent postproduction longevity.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘Bacchus’, as illustrated and described.
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