US Plant Patent PP10476
Bellona
Begonia plant named `Bellona`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 27, 2016. 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
- PP10476
- Filed
- June 27, 1996
- Granted
- June 30, 1998
- Expires
- June 27, 2016
- Assignee
- KOPPE M BV
- Inventor
- KOPPE LUBBERTUS H
Abstract
A Begonia plant named `Bellona` particularly characterized by flowering throughout the year, double-flowering with many rows of petals, bright and rich orange-red flower color, very good branching habit, strong and thick stalks, compact habit, dark foliage and outstanding keeping quality through the winter.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct begonia plant named `Bellona`, as described and illustrated.
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