US Plant Patent PP16344

Binos Soft Pink

Begonia plant named ‘Binos Soft Pink’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 20, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 5, 2025. This patent earned 43 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16344
Filed: February 5, 2005
Granted: March 14, 2006
Expires: March 20, 2025
Assignee: KOPPE ROYALTY B V
Inventor: KOPPE LUBBERTUS H

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘Binos Soft Pink’, characterized by its upright and mounded plant habit; double flowers that are pink in color and held above the foliage; and excellent postproduction longevity.

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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘Binos Soft Pink’, as illustrated and described.

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