US Plant Patent PP16825

Bbsophia

Begonia plant named ‘Bbsophia’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 12, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 31, 2025. This patent earned 12 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16825, the photograph of Bbsophia printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16825, 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: PP16825
Filed: March 31, 2005
Granted: July 18, 2006
Expires: April 12, 2025
Assignee: BEGONIA BREEDERS ASSOC B V
Inventor: KOEZE ALBERTUS

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘Bbsophia’, characterized by its medium-sized, upright and mounded plant habit; double flowers with white-colored tepals; and excellent flower longevity.

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 Begonia plant named ‘Bbsophia’, as illustrated and described.

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