US Plant Patent PP12698

BCT9801BEG

Begonia plant named ‘BCT9801BEG’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 20, 2020. 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP12698
Filed: December 20, 2000
Granted: June 11, 2002
Expires: December 20, 2020
Assignee: BCT BIO CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES
Inventor: MOOLENAAR ALFRED NICOL

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘BCT9801BEG’ characterized by its compact, uniform and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely basal branching with numerous leaves per plant, dense and bushy growth habit; spiraled silvery gray and dark green leaves; and rounded leaf shape.

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 Begonia plant named ‘BCT9801BEG’ as illustrated and described.

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