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US Plant Patent PP17351

Bbvolkra

Begonia plant named ‘Bbvolkra’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 31, 2025. 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 PP17351, the photograph of Bbvolkra printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17351, 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
PP17351
Filed
May 31, 2005
Granted
January 9, 2007
Expires
May 31, 2025
Assignee
BEGONIA BREEDERS ASSOC B V
Inventor
HEUGER JOSEF

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘Bbvolkra’, characterized by its compact, upright and mounded plant habit; freely flowering habit; double flowers with orange to light red-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 ‘Bbvolkra’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17351 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.